Franca Orlandi: Last News

rob an iconic Italian ice-cream shop before being chased out by two sisters in their 60s armed with a chair and a pool cue was jailed for more than four years today. Michael Douglas, 25, was told by a sheriff he was "clearly a dangerous individual".Falkirk Sheriff Court heard the incident occurred about 6.50pm on November 6th last year as Rosa Orlandi, 61, and her sister Franca Orlandi, 65, were working in the family-run shop and cafe, Orlandi & Son, in Alloa's Sunnyside Road.

knife- wielding robber from their family ice cream shop armed with a chair and a pool cue.Brave Rosa and Franca Orlandi, aged 61 and 65, saw out masked thug Michael Douglas with the household items after he presented the blade and told Rosa to empty the till.Franca came rushing out the back of the Orlandi and Son parlour in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, holding the chair aloft before the coward scarpered out the door.In a lucky twist police just happened to be outside and gave chase as they were after the cowardly 25-year-old for earlier incidents in which he had robbed a 12-year-old boy and attempted to rob a 16-year-old.Rosa told the Record: "It was near the end of the day this guy just walked in quite friendly with a mask on and said 'hello'