A South African man identified as Mfundo Ngcobo, has shared his encounter with a thief who unsuccessfully attempted to steal from him.

He revealed that he beat up the man when he jumped into his car and made moves to snatch his phone.

Mfundo shared a photo and video of the suspected thief after he was beaten mercilessly.

The hoodlum was being interrogated by other persons in the video but he looked defeated and devastated with injuries on his body.

He wrote; ‘‘Just saw another video of a friend in a Sasol garage whose phone was snatched the perpetrators got into a car fled.”

”Happened to me today at While going to get Something at the BP garage in Parktown @UR_home_ and guess what happened to the person that snatched my phone 😊”