A lifestyle influencer has livestreamed a suspected thief trying to break into her armoured car – while she sat nervously inside it.
Cecilia Raile was parked on a city street when she started to livestream for her fans from inside her vehicle.
She had just left the gym and was on her way to a nearby store when the alleged thief approached her car.
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The influencer kept the camera running and filmed the man apparently trying to enter.
She explained: “Suddenly, I saw a man approaching, he leaned against the car and tried to open the door.
“I thought about waiting for him to go so I could get out, but he left and came back.
“He tried the door handle, pulled a few times, and continued leaning against the car.
“As I was recording a vlog, I decided to film it.”
She added: “In my mind, I was safe inside the armoured car with tinted windows, so I remained relatively calm at first.”
Cecilia, who comes from Uberlândia in Brazil, recently moved to the city of São Paulo about 365 miles away, as reported by Need To Know.
She filmed the suspected thief in her new home city last Tuesday (10 Feb).
Despite initially remaining relaxed, the influencer said she started to grow nervous when the man wouldn’t move away.
At one point, she started the engine to let him know there was someone inside, but he stayed put.
Cecilia was also parked between two other vehicles and couldn’t simply drive away.
“I didn’t want to hurt him or run him over, but he kept standing in front of my car when I was trying to leave,” she said.
The man eventually left the scene when a bystander noticed what was happening and yelled at him.
She said: “I think many people don’t realise the importance of having an armoured car in São Paulo.”
Cecilia’s video went viral, with nearly 4m views on her Instagram page, but she decided to delete it several days later.
The lifestyle influencer, who has over 20,000 Instagram fans, also declined to report it to the police.
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