Hero in high heels! Watch dramatic moment brave boutique boss rugby tackles two thieves trying to steal £1,000 of perfume then sprints after them as they flee

• CCTV shows how the incident unfolded at Fragrance House in Malvern, Worcs

This is the dramatic moment a have-a-go hero businesswoman rugby tackled two thieves who were trying to steal almost £1,000 worth of perfume from her posh boutique.

CCTV shows two men entering Fragrance House in Malvern, Worcs at around 3pm on Tuesday and pretending to start browsing the shelves – before beginning to pile expensive products into bags. 

Domonique Woodward, 31, who runs the perfume store with her parents spotted what was happening and bravely blocked the door with her body to prevent them getting away.

One of the men punched Domonique in the ribs but the footage shows she carried on tackling them.

The crooks finally dropped the bag with around £800 worth of goods inside but fled with around £200 worth of products. 

She bravely blocked the door with her body to prevent the thieves getting away

Domonique Woodward posted about the incident on her Facebook and said ‘we need to identify these people’

Domonique, who has worked at the shop for 14 years, said: ‘They came in looking like normal customers, I greeted them like I would any customer.

‘We’ve had pickpockets before but I wasn’t expecting to be attacked.

‘It was 100 per cent adrenaline which made me fight back – it was a fight or flight instinct and I chose to fight.

‘I still don’t know if I am impressed with myself or just stupid.

‘After the first guy punched me, I don’t think they were expecting me to carry on trying to stop them.

‘But I couldn’t just let them go.’

After the thieves ran off, Domonique was checked over by her husband Nicholas, who is a nurse.

Domonique added: ‘It shouldn’t be that you have to make it as hard as possible for people to get into your shop to deter the few who are causing havoc.’

CCTV shows the two men calmly stroll into Fragrance House in Malvern, Worcs

They then appear to start piling expensive products into bags

Domonique bravely tries to stop them escaping and blocks the entrance of the store

‘If I hadn’t put the fight up, and they had got away, they would have seen us as an easy target,’ she said

West Mercia Police have launched an investigation into the robbery

After the thieves ran off, Domonique was checked over by her husband Nicholas, who is a nurse

‘It was 100 per cent adrenaline which made me fight back – it was a fight or flight instinct and I chose to fight,’ she said

‘It should never have happened in the first place.

‘But if I hadn’t put the fight up, and they had got away, they would have seen us as an easy target to do it again and again.’

West Mercia Police have launched an investigation into the robbery.

A spokesperson for the force said: ‘Officers attended and a thorough search of the area was carried out but the suspects were not located.

‘An investigation, including the review of local CCTV footage, is ongoing.’

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