Gun-toting bandits no match for Hankey cattle farmer

Former 44 Parachute Regiment soldier returns fire after being shot

Three would-be robbers quickly discovered they had picked the wrong “old man” to mess with when a 72-year-old Hankey farmer — and ex-soldier — shot back, firing 19 bullets at the suspects.

The bandits, not surprisingly, quickly fled...

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