A Nottingham shopkeeper has said she will not return to her business of more than 40 years after bravely trying to fend off a knife-wielding robber. Anna Patel, 63, who owns Pricewise in Radford Road, Hyson Green, used a chair to stop Nicole Johnson, 21, from getting around the counter as she brandished a knife "as long as your arm".
Recalling the ordeal, which happened on June 29, the shopkeeper said she "didn't think much of it" until Johnson tried to get around the counter. "She didn't tell me that's what she wanted, nobody comes round the counter, she was pushing me away. I said you can't come round here," Ms Patel told Nottinghamshire Live.
"I said tell me what you want and I'll bring it to you. I tried to protect myself with the chair and she started stabbing it. She said 'this is what I'll do to you'. I had never seen a knife like that, it was longer than your arm's length."
