Brave 77-Year-Old Granny Fights Off ATM Robbers

Winifred Peel, 77, from Wirral, UK, was withdrawing cash from an ATM when three young men approached her. “They didn’t care how that affected me,” she later told *Metro*. As one man held her back and another took £200, Peel made a bold move.Drawing on her active upbringing with three brothers and a lifelong love for sports, she fought back. She grabbed one robber by the collar and “struck him three times with the ATM head,” helping police identify him later due to head injuries.

The robbers—Felix Stoica, Florin Geblescu, and Piper Dumitru, aged 18 and 19—had been driving around looking for an easy target, according to prosecutor William Beardmore. But they underestimated Peel’s courage.All three were arrested and sentenced to prison. Peel said, “I will never have the confidence I previously had,” but her quick thinking likely prevented further harm. This incident is a powerful reminder: never underestimate the strength and courage of a determined grandmother.