Nine years' jail for thief foiled by pensioners

A ROBBER foiled by "pensioner power" when he targeted a Borders village post office was jailed for nine years yesterday.

Patrick Loyden was armed with a knife and masked by a crash helmet when he burst into the office in Town Yetholm, near Kelso, and demanded cash.

But the postmistress, Sheila Jeffrey, 72, fought back and she and her daughter tried to block his escape.