This is the dramatic moment a have-a-go-hero shopkeeper sent a knife-wielding robber fleeing empty-handed by hurling chilli powder in his face.

The masked thug was sent packing after he targeted the A1 Convenience Store in Kingstanding, Birmingham, just before it closed at 10.30 p.m. on Saturday (March 7).

CCTV shows the offender, dressed head-to-toe in black with a balaclava across his face, brandishing a large blade as he demands cash from the manager.

But the brave shopkeeper can be seen instinctively reaching beneath the counter before lobbing a handful of the eye-watering spice in the face of the crook.

This is the dramatic moment a have-a-go-hero shopkeeper sent a knife-wielding robber fleeing empty-handed - by hurling CHILLI POWDER in his face.

The masked thug was sent packing after he targeted the A1 Convenience Store, in Kingstanding, Birmingham, just before it closed at 10.30pm on Saturday (7/3).

CCTV shows the offender, dressed head-to-toe in black with a balaclava across his face, brandishing a large blade as he demands cash from the manager.

But the brave shopkeeper can be seen instinctively reaching beneath the counter before lobbing a handful of the eye-watering spice in the face of the crook.

Filmed on 7th March 2020