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Police ID robber killed in Mayfair

    by Vinny Vella
    Published 

George Batty was no stranger to police.

Batty, 47, was arrested 16 times, most recently in 2008 on drug charges, according to court records. His criminal record also includes guilty pleas for bugrlary, forgery, theft and DUI.

The Hunting Park resident – Batty lived on 6th Street near Bristol – met a violent end yesterday, when police say he was fatally shot by Sharon Doyle while he attempted to rob her health-food store in Mayfair.

Doyle, a former law-enforcement officer who served stints with Philly police and the Secret Service, shot Batty at point-blank range with a .38-caliber revolver she keeps under the counter of her store, police said.

Police are ruling the shooting justifiable, saying Doyle acted in self-defense.