Jean de Villiers chases down a shoplifter
There was a thief pondering his bad luck after he was caught shop-lifting by fleet-footed former Springbok center Jean de Villiers in a Paarl shop.
According to News24, the former Springbok captain was in The Boer and Butcher when he noticed a man pocketing sweets and then leaving the shop without paying.
Store owner Edu Hanekom said De Villiers and his wife Marlie are regular customers and they were waiting to pay for their goods when De Villiers saw the man helping himself to sweets.
“We are very grateful for Jean’s actions. It was quite a thing when a former Springbok captain arrived with a thief,” she said. Screenshots from CCTV cameras clearly show De Villiers in pursuit of the man.
When he did not pay for them, De Villiers followed him out of the store and then yelled at him to stop, at which point the thief took flight.
The 41-year-old De Villiers gave chase and there was only going to be one winner, and the thief was brought back to the store and handed over to a security guard.
Source of Article: IOL
