This is the moment a light-fingered backpacker appeared to distract a shop assistant by stroking his cat - then stole his phone.<br /><br />The blonde-haired woman and her partner asked to buy cans of spray paint form the clothing shop in Bali, Indonesia on April 14.<br /><br />While the assistant put the sale through the till, the woman innocently petted the kitten sitting on the counter. <br /><br />But while the worker’s back was turned she was seen scrambling to pick up a smartphone that he had left at the till - while glancing over at the shop assistant.<br /><br />The couple then walked out of the store but the man immediately realised his handset was missing and chased after them.<br /><br />CCTV shows how he confronted them and forced the woman to open her bag and hand back his phone.<br /><br />Julien Thorax, owner of the AllCapsStore, said: ''If you see these two people be careful. They tried to steal the phone of one of our employees in my wife’s store. <br /><br />''Fortunately, he noticed it straight away and got it back. Also if you know where they live please let us know as we want to give the information to police.''<br /><br />Julien said he had reported what he believes was the attempted theft to the local police in the Canggu district of the popular holiday destination. <br /><br />He added: ''I don’t want this to happen again to anybody else. Luckily we have CCTV so we can keep look out for them.''
