Four young shoplifters stole trainers from a Nike shop in the shadows of Wembley Stadium.
The pint-sized thieves picked up boxes of sports shoes and tried to walk out.
A security guard, wearing a blue tabard, tried to stop them getting out the front door of the store.
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Some of the youths dropped the trainers on the ground during the melee.
Others lobbed them over the head of the guard onto the floor outside.
All four were eventually able to wriggle free and fled on foot.
It happened at the Designer Outlet shopping centre next to the National Football Stadium in Wembley, northwest London.
The mall, which also includes restaurants, is popular with England football fans on match days.
Shocked shoppers watched on as they struck at 4:30am on Monday (1 Jul), as reported on Need To Know.
Local, Beverley Bailey fumed: “Hope the parents are proud.”
Gary Phillips echoed this adding: “There parents must be so proud.”
Chirag Patel said: “This country has no law or order anymore.”
Another added: “Rotten little vermin.”
Ben Hovis joked: “What on the Nando’s Lemon and Herb, roast dinner every Sunday, chips and curry sauce, yoghurt in spicy curry is going on here?”
The Met Police and Nike have been approached for comment.
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