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Boy, 5, victim in salon terror raid
9:11am Wednesday 30th January 2008
Comments (24)A boy, aged five, had a knife held to his throat during an armed robbery at a beauty salon.
The terrified lad burst into tears as the masked raiders demanded cash and turned on his mother.
But a brave beauty therapist, Carmel Gough, grabbed the boy from the grips of the robber and locked him in a back room for safety.
When she returned to the front of the Brown Cow tanning salon, the robbers had fled and she found the boy's mum, aged 39, unconscious on the floor.
Miss Gough, aged 19, said: "I just acted on instinct."
The masked men struck at the salon in Halliwell Road, Halliwell, at 7pm on Friday.
They stood either side of the boy and one of them held the knife to his throat.
Miss Gough was tidying up when she heard shouting and came out of a back room to find the robbers, with their heads covered by balaclavas, threatening the little boy's mum, with the sobbing child clinging to her leg.
Despite the danger, Ms Gough was determined to get the child to safety and rushed forward.
"I just picked him up and put him in one of the back rooms and shut the door," she said. "He was crying and I told him it would be OK. I told him to stay in the room and I'd be back quickly."
When Miss Gough went back into the salon to try and help the boy's mum, a businesswoman, she found her slumped on the floor.
The robbers had punched the woman in the face and fled with her handbag, containing travellers cheques, 1,000 US dollars and £300 for a holiday.
An ambulance was called and Miss Gough, a former Thornleigh School pupil, who lives in Smithills, put the woman in the first-aid recovery position.
"She kept slipping in and out of consciousness," said Miss Gough.
A relative collected the little boy, who was shocked but unharmed by the incident, and his mum was later released from hospital after treatment.
Miss Gough's bravery earned her the praise of her boss, Malika Jennings.
She said: " Carmel was so brave. I am not sure I would have done what she did. I would have probably hidden."
Police have appealed for any witnesses who saw the two men - who were both white and aged in their mid-20s - to get in touch. It is thought they went into Berengers hair salon shortly before.
Det Con Steve Slater, of Bolton CID, said: "The woman and her son were extremely traumatised and we would ask anyone who has any information about this attack to call us."
The CID robbery unit can be contacted on 0161 856 5645 or Crimestoppers can be phoned anonymously on 0800 555111.
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John, says...
9:30am Wed 30 Jan 08
Lollipop, Muddy Duct says...
9:32am Wed 30 Jan 08
Brown Cow tanning salon
I'm sorry but what a name for a tanning shop.
BoltonDave, Tonge Moor says...
10:11am Wed 30 Jan 08
parishner, bolton says...
10:16am Wed 30 Jan 08
Lollipop wrote:and whats stranger is these tossers need to bully women,and children,people like you more interested in a name than the life you,live in....silly cow better name
Brown Cow tanning salonI'm sorry but what a name for a tanning shop.
parishner, bolton says...
10:21am Wed 30 Jan 08
Lollipop, Muddy Duct says...
10:25am Wed 30 Jan 08
parishner wrote:Not more interested, more desensitized to such awful things. It is happening more and more and nothing is being done about it. It is becoming the norm to read a paper and see stories like these. Ranting and raving on a thread like this isn't going to stop this kind of thing happening.
Lollipop wrote:and whats stranger is these tossers need to bully women,and children,people like you more interested in a name than the life you,live in....silly cow better nameBrown Cow tanning salonI'm sorry but what a name for a tanning shop.
Sad fact of life at the moment I'm afraid.
Lollipop, Muddy Duct says...
10:27am Wed 30 Jan 08
parishner wrote:And what are you doing about the world we live in?
Lollipop wrote:and whats stranger is these tossers need to bully women,and children,people like you more interested in a name than the life you,live in....silly cow better nameBrown Cow tanning salonI'm sorry but what a name for a tanning shop.
Apart from insulting people.
Lollipop, Muddy Duct says...
10:29am Wed 30 Jan 08
parishner wrote:Why whats going to happen to them? Think the people that are capible of doing this kind of thing are scared of the Police or justice system?
SOMEONE MUST HAVE AN IDEA,WHICH LOWLIFE HAS TERRIFIED THIS POOR , MOTHER,AND CHILD?????/ THESE LOWLIFES WILL BE BETTER SEEING THE POLICE,BEFORE ANY ONE ELSE...MULTISTORY SPRINGS TOO MIND
Sort the justice system out and then maybe we won't be reading stories like this.
Offy47, Bolton says...
10:32am Wed 30 Jan 08
I wonder did these cretins know the lady was carrying so much money, or was it their lucky day?
parishner, bolton says...
10:38am Wed 30 Jan 08
Lollipop wrote:ranting thread,nothing good to say,dont say anything,thats the saying,down with scummy druggys and lowlifes,round them up and exsterminate,these parasites from society,the are maggotts
parishner wrote: SOMEONE MUST HAVE AN IDEA,WHICH LOWLIFE HAS TERRIFIED THIS POOR , MOTHER,AND CHILD?????/ THESE LOWLIFES WILL BE BETTER SEEING THE POLICE,BEFORE ANY ONE ELSE...MULTISTORY SPRINGS TOO MINDWhy whats going to happen to them? Think the people that are capible of doing this kind of thing are scared of the Police or justice system? Sort the justice system out and then maybe we won't be reading stories like this.
fiona, great lever says...
11:33am Wed 30 Jan 08
Brak, Bolton says...
12:00pm Wed 30 Jan 08
Rocky, Bowton says...
12:12pm Wed 30 Jan 08
I think I read the story in the Bury times.
The blue rinse brigade were in at the time.
Reports said Erica and Andrea were later found in an airing cupboard in the back appearing worried and clutching each other hard.
Lollipop, Muddy Duct says...
12:15pm Wed 30 Jan 08
angiehhill2@aol.com, bolton says...
1:51pm Wed 30 Jan 08
Tina, Bolton says...
2:10pm Wed 30 Jan 08
Bandy, Bolton says...
3:32pm Wed 30 Jan 08
im just glad you didnt get hurt in the process, my heart goes out to the little one and his mum i hope they can get through it ok
Andrew, Bury says...
3:48pm Wed 30 Jan 08
Rocky wrote:You can't even grow up or be sensitive when dealing with a story about a nipper getting a knife to the throat.
Brak, I think I read the story in the Bury times. The blue rinse brigade were in at the time. Reports said Erica and Andrea were later found in an airing cupboard in the back appearing worried and clutching each other hard.
How proud you must feel and your family too.
spiceman, Bolton says...
3:48pm Wed 30 Jan 08
Shame! the smack on the wrists of the scum who did this means that they will offend again.. Thats if their ever caught.
poindexter, Bolton says...
4:11pm Wed 30 Jan 08
Lollipop wrote:Your last sentence says it all 'Sad fact of life at the moment i'm afraid' This sort of behaviour is happening all the time pepole just have no respect for other people we as a nation have forgotten what it is to be BRITISH , start the fight back now
parishner wrote:Not more interested, more desensitized to such awful things. It is happening more and more and nothing is being done about it. It is becoming the norm to read a paper and see stories like these. Ranting and raving on a thread like this isn't going to stop this kind of thing happening. Sad fact of life at the moment I'm afraid.Lollipop wrote:and whats stranger is these tossers need to bully women,and children,people like you more interested in a name than the life you,live in....silly cow better nameBrown Cow tanning salonI'm sorry but what a name for a tanning shop.
poindexter, Bolton says...
4:13pm Wed 30 Jan 08
Rocky, Bowton says...
5:07pm Wed 30 Jan 08
poindexter wrote:Don't worry we have stopped people making silly quips about people mistyping.
Before somebody comments that i have misspelt 'people' i was in a hurry
These spelling and grammar fanatics are the same PC brigade that want soft Sentencing. They advocate the removal of the three R's from the school education then complain when half the population cannot read or write.
It's the same crew that will look after the human rights of this scum.
King Eric,, Nine Prem Titles says...
7:55pm Wed 30 Jan 08
(Roger is my toupee)
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Rocky, Bowton says...
9:18am Wed 30 Jan 08
Strange thing is why would someone want to rob a Beauty Salon.
These people really are the scum of the earth hope the mum recovers quickly.