Homes and Property | Home PageNo Lette-off for mugger who grabbed handbagHanging on: author Kathy LetteBy Rob Parsons12 April 2012Author Kathy Lette today told how she fought off a mugger - saying "You don't come between an Australian woman and her handbag".The Mad Cows novelist was walking to a literary event near Brick Lane when a man grabbed her Moschino bag. Lette, from West Hampstead, managed to grab it back before attempting to chase the would-be thief as he ran away.She said: "I think adrenaline kicked in. He grabbed it, but I wasn't going to let him have it, so I fought back, I grabbed it back from him. The handle broke, but at least I got it back."I just held on for grim death. I couldn't really give chase afterwards because I had my high heels on. Taking a woman's handbag, it is like you are violating her very body."From now if I walk in the East End the only handbag I will carry will be in the form of the arm of a really burly bloke."Lette turns 53 today and will celebrate with a trip to the Savoy. She said: "I'll be swinging from the chandeliers."