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Leamington Courier

There was instant karma for two suspected thieves prowling outside the south Warwickshire home of a karate world champion - when he threw one to the ground.

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00:00So my name is Dave Treadwell, I live in Stratford-upon-Avon. I've been training and

00:09teaching in Shotokan Karate for the last 41 years. I'm current England Karate

00:14President and also hold World, European and British titles. In total I have

00:21approximately about 190 podium finishes over the 41 years of teaching and

00:26training. It was about three o'clock in the morning, my wife woke up again to the

00:31ring door bar and the camera going off. She looked out the window and she could

00:35see an individual outside the front of the house. So at this time she woke me up

00:41I decided to try and take chase. So what I'd done, when I got changed, quickly

00:47ran outside the front of the door and chased the individual. After I caught up

00:52with the individual. I retained him until the police turned up and there was a

00:57warrant out for the individual's arrest. At the time I'd just done it on instinct.

01:02I'm not telling any other individuals to do this type of thing. You know I've been

01:06training in Karate for 41 years so I hope to think that I know how to look after

01:11myself. In the heat of the moment it was just one of them things that I thought was

01:15the best thing to do and reacted and I just wanted to make sure that friends,

01:18family and individuals understand that you know there are people out there that

01:23are trying to break into our vehicles on our houses etc and I'm just trying to do

01:27the best I can to support us and others.

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