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AussieMick · 10-27-2018, 10:06 PM

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/la...2bb74a59f4

"I couldn't let him get away with it," Delcambre said. "The Magna Carta is one of the most important documents in the world."

An American tourist from Louisiana has reportedly tackled a hammer-wielding thief who unsuccessfully tried to steal the Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral, holding him on the ground until help could arrive.

Matt Delcambre told The Sun newspaper in an interview published on Saturday that he and his wife Alexis were sightseeing in the southwestern English city when a man tried to shatter the glass encasing the precious manuscript after a fire alarm was set off in the Chapter House of the building.

Amid the confusion, Delcambre grabbed the suspect as he fled.

"I just had to stop him," the 56-year old was quoted by The Sun as saying.

Delcambre, the director for the Center for Business & Information Technologies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, said he held him on the ground until security could arrive.