London shopkeeper fends off masked gunman using Ribena bottle

The shopkeeper managed to slam the gunman’s fingers in the till before throwing a Ribena bottle at him.

A London shopkeeper fended off a masked gunman by slamming his fingers in the till and throwing a Ribena bottle at him.

The shopkeeper Mayooran Masilamani, 32, dived over the counter and chased Ahmid Dorda, 24, out of the West Kensington branch of Londis.

It was the second time the branch run by Mr Masilamani has been targeted by Dorda. On Boxing Day last year, he was chased away by one of the customers.

Dorda was arrested by police on May 11 where officers found a black handgun on his person. Detectives searched his home in Kensington and used video footage and forensic evidence to link him to 13 armed raids on small supermarkets across central London.

Dorda is today starting a seven-and-a-half year prison sentence after admitting to nine counts of armed robbery and three attempted robberies.

Mr Masilamani told the Evening Standard: “I think he should’ve got longer in jail because he scared so many people.”