This is the hilarious moment bungling thieves fled empty-handed when a shop manager hauled two stolen sofas out of their getaway van - after the raiders FORGOT to close the DOORS.
CCTV footage from a furniture showroom shows a pair of men brazenly loading two brown £400 settees into a white transit in broad daylight. Seconds before the intruders sped off brave store manager Justin Hallett, 37, leapt through the open backdoors and snatched the sofas back. The 60-second clip shows two of the daring three-man gang jump out of a white van with its number plate hidden from view.