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A 23-year-old Beaconsfield woman has been charged with armed robbery after holding up a Pointe-Claire dépanneur with two cans of aerosol spray, one containing WD40, the other a popular men’s body spray.

The incident took place on Good Friday, April 3, at about 5:45 p.m. at Épicerie Prette, a Pointe-Claire Village dépanneur at the corner of Lakeshore Rd. and Cartier Ave.

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After entering the premises, police say, the woman demanded cash from the sales clerk on a duty and motioned that she had a weapon concealed in her sweater.

When the 21-year-old male clerk did not immediately hand over money, the woman pulled out the aerosol cans and started spraying in his direction.

During the confusion, the woman picked up two bottles of wine and fled to a local park, where she was soon apprehended by police.

Alain Nader, the longtime owner of the Pointe-Claire Village dépanneur, said fortunately the spray never reached his employee, although “it made a real mess. There was oily residue everywhere.”