A brave man grabbed a huge STICK to fend off crooks trying to steal his car.
The victim – in a green T-shirt – was standing next to his black hatchback with the front passenger door open.
Two hooded thieves approached him and the pair got in his car.
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One of them then got out and said: “Give me your phone.”
To stop him from calling the police for help, he then smashes it on the ground.
The quick-thinking man knocks on a neighbour’s door in Walthamstow, east London.
He shouts: “Help.”
But passing pedestrians and motorists don’t stop.
One of the crooks says: “Move away from the car.”
The man returns with the long stick and the shocked duo backs off.
The victim adds: “Yo help.
“Call 999, call 999.”
One of the men appears to say: “I’ll shank you up”
The shocking moment was caught in a one-minute and 24-second long CCTV footage which then comes to an end.
It happened on Wednesday (15 May) as reported on Need To Know.
Local, Rich Nelson said: “They probably don’t know how to start a car.”
Lubna joked: “Were they stealing the car or marinating it?
“The slowest and weird quick thinking of the owner to fight the armed robbers with a stick deserves a medal.”
Another added: “Slowest car thieves ever.”
Gavin added: “Intelligence always wins.”
Abdul Dawood said: “Can’t have anything nowadays.
“Cars, watches, clothes, phones, you name it somebody else wants it.”
The Met has been approached for comment.
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