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Let's Get Quizzical

Quiz: Did these celebrities take the law into their own hands?

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EARLIER THIS WEEK Dublin’s Lord Mayor Nial Ring made headlines when he apprehended a suspected burglar who was running away from gardaí. 

Following on from his heroics, we wanted to test your knowledge of similar incidents where well-known people took the law into their own hands. 

Veteran rocker, Ozzy Osbourne, once grappled with a burglar in his home after he caught him stealing jewellery worth over £1 million.
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Musical duo, Hall and Oates, once apprehended a man armed with a sawn-off shotgun who was attempting to rob the restaurant they were at.
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Twink once trapped a man's hand inside her Michael Kors handbag as he was attempting to steal her purse. She later coined the phrase, 'zip up your Mickey'.
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Tom Hardy once apprehended a teenager who was attempting to flee after crashing a stolen motorbike
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TV chef Jamie Oliver once made a citizen's arrest after chasing an attempted burglar off his property.
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Tom Cruise once chased and caught a man after he snatched a necklace from the neck of a fan in New York.
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UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, recently apprehended a late-night thief in 10 Downing Street who was trying to get away with her in-depth alternative arrangements to the backstop.
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Kinks' singer, Ray Davies, once took a bullet in the leg to save a woman's purse being robbed.
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Polyana Viana, an Ultimate Fighting Championship strawweight, once brought a man attempting to mug her down with two punches and a kick.
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Daniel O'Donnell once tackled a man on Dublin's Grafton Street who had robbed a woman's giant novelty ear.
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