Aucklander Joker Lim took matters into his own hands, chasing a robber on foot wearing only his slippers.
Video / Nick Dobbie
An attempted robbery during a Facebook Marketplace meet-up went terribly wrong for one thief after the seller decided to take matters into his own hands.
Auckland resident Joker Lim listed his iPhone on the trading platform before setting a time and place to meet up with who he thought wasa legitimate buyer.
During the exchange, Lim said he was asked about a charger, which wasn’t part of the deal.
“I say I don’t have a charger when I turn around, he [ran away],” Lim told the Focus. “So I just chased him.
“I didn’t think about the safety or anything. I just run. I [didn’t] want to lose my money.”
Wearing only slippers on his feet, Lim took off on a five-minute foot chase down the road and through a park before catching the robber and taking back his phone.
He started to record his exchange with the man in which he questioned him over his identity and why he had run off.
“I got good comments that say we need more people like me, some more people like me to stand up to stop criminals,” Lim said.
Leaving not only those online surprised by his brave actions, but himself too, the incident has since inspired a career change for Lim, who has applied to become a police officer.
“I want to see if I can be a police officer and do something different,” he said. “I want to help people like me in the future.”
In a statement to Focus, a Police spokesperson said that “due to the minor nature of this incident, no loss in property and no threats or physical harm, Police have closed this file with the approval of the victim”.
