A CCTV camera captured the moment a bungling thief tried to flee with a gold chain only to be foiled by a locked door.<br /><br />Suphachai Panthong, 27, walked into the jewellery shop in Choburi, Thailand, on November 30 and asked to try on a gold chain worth 500GBP.<br /><br />He spent a minute getting comfortable with it around his neck, before suddenly turning on his heels and sprinting towards the exit. <br /><br />But hapless crook Suphachai's escape was foiled after the owner Jarae Nitikarun, 41, had locked the door when he became suspicious.<br /><br />Suphachai was forced to trudge back to the counter and hand back the necklace before the police arrived. He admitted attempted theft and was remanded in custody. <br /><br />He told police: ''I arrived on a motorcycle and walked into the shop. I didn't have any weapons. I just wanted to make extra money because I lost my job recently.''<br /><br />Sriracha district police said: ''The offender has admitted the crime. When he was showed the CCTV images he had to confess.<br /><br />''There was no excuse. He tried to steal the gold jewellery but the owner had already locked the door.''
