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Connor Gordon

Off-duty Glasgow cop foils bid to 'blow up' Ashoka in 'Die Hard' style intervention

A lout who threatened to blow up a Glasgow restaurant was stopped by an off-duty policeman in a 'Die Hard' style intervention.

Francis Kelly clutched a jerry can as he entered the Ashoka in Glasgow's west end on May 6, 2021.

The 41-year-old told frightened customers that he was going to "burn" the restaurant down.

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