A suspected shoplifter tussled with a supermarket security guard before allegedly stealing two bottles of whiskey.
Shocked shoppers cowered in fear as the pair grappled near the tills.
The alleged crook – clad in black – could be seen with bottles of booze in his hands.
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The guard then tried to get them off him.
A female customer at the checkout of the Sainsbury’s nervously grabbed her handbag as she ushered herself out the way.
Other shoppers with trollies kept a watchful eye on the melee while moving to safety.
One till worker closely observed the brave security guard confronted him.
It happened at the supermarket, in New Kent Road, Elephant and Castle, south London last (30 May) night.
Locals slammed the alleged crook.
One – named Michelle – fumed: “The brass neck of these scumbags nowadays.
“They have absolutely no shame.”
Elliot added: “Why did nobody body slam this embarrassment?
“Stealing makes the prices of everything go up for the rest of us.”
Philip Murphy quipped: “Whiskey business.”
Another said: “Fighting the man for two bottles of booze.”
But a fifth added: “Fair play to the security guard.”
Another echoed this and said: “Good on that security guard for trying to stop him.”
It comes amid a spike in brazen shoplifting across the country.
Last month thefts were carried out at Greggs in Archway and a Boots in Chingford, as reported by Need To Know.
The Met Police and Sainsbury’s have been approached for comment.
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