a man chased and fought three alleged thieves on Boxing Day at the same time as wearing just a t-shirt and underpants.

CCTV captured the moment Steve Middleton, 50, grabbed certainly one of the youths through the blouse as they ran clear of a belongings at the Gold Coast, Australia.

4 males were seen in the video trying to break out and combat off Steve, who were attempting to ‘undergo’ cars parked outside.

Steve advised the Gold Cost Bulletin: ‘I aroused from sleep and noticed somebody dealing with the auto during the curtains. I just assumed it used to be my daughter’s partner.

‘Then I saw some other head pop up at the different aspect, facing the other automotive. i used to be like “Oh s***, we’re being robbed”.

‘i was bare, so I temporarily threw some jocks on and ran outside.’

one in all the others attempted hitting him with a bat in the course of the tried robbery.

The dad-of-two additionally stated he was reduce during the battle.

Steve Middleton was once naked whilst he noticed the 4 youths trying to ‘undergo’ his automobile (Image: Gold Coast Bulletin)

‘Vintage mate gave me just a little nick along with his knife,’ he mentioned.

‘the other old mate used to be swinging at me with a baseball bat, so i was just the usage of this little fella as my defend.

‘It’s simply something I didn’t expect to wake up to and rip into.’

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