'I think he’s in line for a Christmas bonus now. He was pretty brave. The whole footage looks like it should have a Benny Hill soundtrack to it. It’s a bit bizarre.A shop owner has described the hilarious moment thieves fled empty-handed when an employee hauled two stolen sofas out of their getaway van - after they forgot to close the doors.
Dramatic 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.
Store owner Mark Kypta, 42, said the footage he captured was like 'something out of a Benny Hill film'.
He said: 'We couldn’t believe their audacity of just coming round the back of the store at our busiest time and brazenly loading the van with our sofas.
'Our prices aren’t exactly high, so they must have been pretty desperate. Luckily Justin, not even thinking of his own safety, ran out and jumped into the back of the van and got the sofas back.
'But on a serious note, we want these guys caught because we don’t want other businesses to be targeted.
