SHOCKING footage shows the moment a shop worker tackled a fleeing crook by grabbing him by the throat.
Video captured at the scene shows a man in a black jacket running from a Co-op store as another female member of staff tries and fails to trip him.
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The video which resurfaced recently – after it was filmed last year- shows a pony-tailed woman confronting the burglar in a Co-op in Edgeley, Manchester.
It has now gone viral again after recirculating on social media.
The woman was seen taking hold of the cowering crook by his neck and pushes him back into the store in Stockport.
Footage then shows her forcefully slamming him against a wall and ordering him to drop his haul.
She could be heard shouting at the baseball-cap wearing man: “Do you want me again!? Do you want me again!”, as she ordered him to put down the stolen items.
Two other members of staff then arrive on the scene to try and diffuse the tense situation.
The footage has been widely shared on social media, with one person saying: “We need more people like this.”
Another added: “This is how to deal with thieving scum.”
A third added: “She will probably lose her job for her bravery.”
At the time, police had recorded record shopping levels during the previous year – over 430,104 offences had been recorded.
That record was shattered in 2024 when police recorded a staggering 516,971 incidents.
Yet only a fifth resulted in a charge while more than half of investigations ended with no suspect identified.
The figures from the Office for National Statistics came after a Sun investigation exposed the scale of shoplifting from Greggs.
The bakery was hit particularly hard during the surge of shoplifting.
Greggs was forced to move several of its sandwiches and drinks behind counters, as they faced a theft every 20 minutes.
According to Tom Ironside, a member of the British Retail Consortium, shoplifting is costing businesses over £2billion.
“While the ONS statistics show shoplifting at record levels, the figures severely underestimate the problem.
“They are equivalent to less than two incidents per shop per year. Shopkeepers will tell you they’re lucky if a day goes by without a shoplifting incident.”
The Co-op has been contacted for comment
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