Eighty-Two year old former Miss World, Venus Ramey had thieves begging for mercy as she shot the tires out on their car, exclaiming, ‘oh no you won’t!’ She was intent on protecting her Kentucky farm after previous robberies had gone unpunished.

The criminals did not attempt to overpower her, despite her having to lean the .38 calibre handgun on her zima frame. They obeyed her every command, lucky for them as she said, ‘If they’d even dared come close to me, they’d be six feet under by now.’

This is not the first time Mrs Ramey’s face has looked menacingly on a foe. After her 1945 Miss World win, her image was adorned on a B-17 aeroplane. It was often used for attacks on Germany at the end of World War Two.