A retired boxer punched Gregory McCalium, 23, twice in the face, leaving him with a black eye and a swollen lip. He then restrained the attacker, who was armed with a knife, until police arrived.
McCalium, a barman, was given a four-and-a-half year prison sentence at Oxford Crown Court for aggravated burglary and was told by the judge he had "got what he deserved". The court heard Mr Corti was at home in Botley, Oxford, with his wife Margaret, 72, when McCalium, a neighbor, forced his way in. McCalium was drunk. Speaking after the case, Mr Corti said: "I was scared when he ...drew a knife, but my old training must have kicked in because I just punched him as hard as I could and he went down like a sack of potatoes. If you can't defend what's yours, where are we at?"
