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'No choice but to fight robber' for shopkeeper
Western Daily Press
|January 20, 2026
A GLOUCESTERSHIRE shopkeeper fought off a knifewielding robber - with a walking stick.
Eksteen De Villiers attempted to rob a Forest of Dean shopkeeper at knifepoint last October
(Gloucestershire Police/SWNS)
Balaclava-clad Eksteen De Villiers, 27, entered a convenience store with a large knife and demanded money from the till.
Footage showed him lunging towards the shopkeeper, who used his walking stick in an attempt to fight De Villiers off.
Although De Villiers repeated his demand, no money was handed over.
But, as he left the shop near Lydney on Sunday, October 26, last year, he grabbed two bottles of spirits.
Officers from Gloucestershire Constabulary reviewed the CCTV footage and were able to identify De Villiers from it, after seeing him with the balaclava off before he entered the shop.
He was arrested and officers were able to seize the knife and the two bottles of alcohol.
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