Store owner in Durham, England managed to prevent a robbery attempt which the subject, identified as Malcolm Tribal, committed at knifepoint.

The crime happened last month when Trimble he entered the store with a kitchen knife hidden in his sleevedrank four packs of beer and threatened the shop owner.

However, the store clerk he reacted quickly and ran from the counter to the store entrance. He quickly left the room and tried to close the glass door to catch the attacker.

After wrestling for a few moments, the shop owner electric metal shutter and he began to slowly decline.

Realizing that he would fall into a trap, Trimble attempted to use brute force to open the door, eventually managing to get the store owner to loosen his grip on the handle. Subsequently, he tried to slip under the curtain to escape.

The thief underestimated his escape and fell under a metal shutter, with a head inside the store and a torso outside. Meanwhile, outside, the shop owner was calling the police.

After a brief but ultimately futile attempt to free himself, Trimble comforted himself by reaching for the last can of beer to drink in the last moments of freedomsays the Durham Police Information Card.