Robbery...
...in 1992 I was doing the banking for my employer at the local bank (Commonwealth Bank in Darra for anyone in Brisbane). Was sitting in my car about to go into the bank when I heard the awful screaming of a woman. Me and a Vietnamese guy in the next car ran to the aid of a woman getting beat up by what we assumed was her partner or ex. Only he wasn't. He had waited for her outside the bank and robbed the payroll and petty cash she had just collected. A passing car saw what was happening, reversed up and drove straight at us. It was the robbers mate waiting to pick him up. They got away, albeit without the payroll cash we had hung on to (they got away with the $500 petty cash bag).

None of that was the "narrow escape" though. It was the fact that unbeknown to me and the Vietnamese guy both baddies had handguns. The police had security footage of them using them a couple of hours earlier at a 7-11 at Sherwood, although I don't recall either guy displaying a gun at any time.

The less than narrow escape belonged to the Vietnamese guy. He assisted the police and despite being a decent guy got deported when they found out he was an illegal immigrant.
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 10:23, 1 reply)

Typical
Only in Australia do we really give the shufti to the good guys. Feel sorry for that poor fella.
Only in Australia do we risk our necks to go to people in distress. Well done on helping that lassie.
(boozehound is drinking your bar dry, Tue 24 Aug 2010, 6:55, closed)