The woman was also an award winning power lifter, image via Fox News
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82-year-old woman puts a thief in the hospital

Willie Murphy, an 82-year-old American woman, put a man in the hospital after he tried to break into her home. Murphy, being an award-winning powerlifter, attacked the man with household items, including her table. When the police arrived on the scene, they immediately called an ambulance for the intruder. She is not pressing charges.

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