Gutsy Reg Is a Local Hero ; Award: Shopkeeper Who Faced Down Robbers Honoured

Birmingham Mail › July 02, 2009

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BRAVE Reg Rowe, who faced down a gunman demanding cash from his son's shop, has become the latest Birmingham Mail Local Hero.

He has been chosen to win this year's Local Heroes Braveheart Hero award after he stared down the barrel of a gun and refused to hand over money to an armed robber at his son's shop, Good Cheer, in Dorrington Road, Perry Barr.

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Gutsy Reg Is a Local Hero ; Award: Shopkeeper Who Faced Down Robbers Honoured

Reg, 56, refused to tell the bandits where money was kept and managed to keep them talking, giving police more ...

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