A man from Oxfordshire had to be helped in his escape from the shop he had just robbed by staff who watched him pushing a pull door.
Caught on CCTV, the man removed his balaclava before failing to exit through the door he had come in. In scenes reminiscent of the film Snatch, the man then proceeds to kick the door and stumbles over a drinks display.
A member of staff – who, moments before, had been held up with a toy gun – is then seen helping the bungling thief with the door.
The incident happened on 2 March in Martin’s newsagent, Abingdon.
Police released the footage last week after the man was convicted of trying to rob the same shop twice in ten days.
The CCTV shows the second incident which led to a conviction of possession of a firearm or imitation firearm.
