Acting legend Felicity Kendal becomes have-a-go hero to frighten off mugger

Felicity Kendal, who played Barbara Good in BBC sitcom The Good Life between 1975 and 1977, said she witnessed three shocking mobile phone robberies in the space of just three days

British acting legend Felicity Kendal became a have-a-go hero to frighten off a mugger .

The TV star, 79, told how she witnessed three mobile phone robberies in the space of just three days in London . However, she intervened during one offence — and found her courage was enough to deter the crook.

Felicity was driving along a road in Chelsea, west London, when a gang of men on bicycles swarmed a young woman on her phone. The actress tooted her horn, which startled one of the men enough to drop the phone and the woman was able to retrieve it.

Speaking of the incident, Felicity, who has lived in Chelsea