Two suspected burglars were thwarted when the homeowner returned just in the nick of time.
Chilling CCTV footage shows the hooded pair outside the terraced home.
One directed the other towards the front door and he walked up the driveway.
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Both then vanished out of view.
But, just three seconds later, the owner of the house came down the road in a white, Toyota Yaris.
They pulled onto the drive, and the suspicious man then, calmly, walked away.
It happened in Southall, west London, at 1:05am on Monday (27 Jan).
The 32-second video then comes to an end, as reported on Need To Know.
Local, Hardeep Singh, said: “Talk about timing.”
Sunny Johal fumed: “Should have beat the s*it out of them.”
A third added: “Was hoping the owner was going to drive over the scumbags.”
Kully Singh said: “So you see this dude on your driveway and you don’t drive the car towards him and the wall.
“Fck the cost of the car you take out cnts like this so they can’t do it to anyone else.”
The Met Police has been approached for comment.
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