BOB ROB JOY
Comic’s mugger was a former legal client
COMIC Bob Mortimer was robbed at knifepoint when he was a legal eagle – by one of his clients.
The telly favourite was a qualified solicitor before swapping the day job for comedy with pal Vic Reeves.
Bob, 62, said the terrifying incident happened when he was queuing to get into a club above a pub in London.
The Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing star revealed: “Suddenly there was a little commotion in the queue.
“I was jostled to one side and pushed up against the pub wall.
“My assailant was wearing a hoodie to conceal his face and had a knife in his hand. ‘Give us your f***ing money!’
“I was frozen scared but managed to reach into my pocket to search for whatever cash I had in there. “‘F***ing hurry up,’ said the bloke. ‘You can have whatever you want,’ I said. ‘Please don’t use the knife!’”
But things took a twist when the armed mugger suddenly revealed his face.
Bob said: “He pulled down his hoodie and gave me a big, beaming smile. ‘Hello, Mr Mortimer, I didn’t realise it was you.’
“Never had I been so pleased to see one of my clients.”
Meanwhile, Bob has revealed in his new book And Away... that he thought he was on his way to the afterlife when he was in hospital after a lifesaving major heart operation.
After years of smoking he said his windpipe was blocked and he could not breathe.
He said: “I begin to float upwards through a long, cylindrical tunnel of beautifully trimmed yew hedge.
“At the end of the tunnel is a wonderful blue sky.
“I feel an intense euphoria. I’m passing on through to a wonderful place. Peace at last.”