An 84-year-old man fought off a masked robber with nothing but a pair of jeans while doing laundry alone in a laundromat.

Or rather, a pair of the best men's jeans, period. The five-pocket denim pant is an icon worn through the decades by prospectors, cowboys, rocker n' rollers and well-dressed guys everywhere.

An 84-year-old man successfully fought off a would-be robber using a pair of jeans after he was attacked in a launderette in ...

A pensioner has spoken about how he fought off a mugger with the aid of a pair of jeans. Ron Croker, 84, was drying his ...

An 84-year-old used a pair of jeans to help repel a masked man who twice tried to rob him in a launderette. Ron Croker was ...

An 84-year-old man used a pair of jeans to fight off a would-be robber as he did his laundry in South Yorkshire. The ...