Red-faced chicken shop robber foiled by bucket of chili sauce

An Australian man doused with a bucket of chilli sauce during an attempted robbery should have had chilli squirted in his eyes and hot fat poured on him, his father says. Tyrone Holmwood, 24, appeared in court with puffy red eyes after the incident at a Sydney chicken shop in which an employee threw a bucket of chilli sauce at his face.

But he wasn't getting any sympathy from his father. If the allegations were true, his son got what he deserved, he told reporters outside the court. "Good on her," the father said of the actions of employee Joanna Petry-Tartnoski. "She should have squirted it in his eyes. I would have poured hot fat over his head."

Holmwood, 24, had his bail application denied in Waverley Local Court on Monday after being charged with assault with intent to rob the O'le Chargrill in Rosebery at about 6.15pm on Sunday. He was thwarted when Ms Petry-Tartnoski threw the chilli at him. Holmwood was found lying on the shop floor when police arrived and was treated for minor burns after the alleged incident. He was barefoot and puffy-eyed when court officers marched him into the dock wearing a police forensics jumpsuit.

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"Tyrone, who is now sober, is shocked by the allegations," his solicitor Anthony Brookman told the court. "Alcohol is his problem." Police allege he ordered food before arguing with two staff members about the payment. He allegedly walked behind the counter and smashed a cash register onto the floor, forcing it open. Holmwood struck Ms Petry-Tartnoski across the chest when she tried to stop him, and she then threw the chilli at him, police say. The matter will come before Central Local Court on May 14.