A cafe owner scared off a burglar while on holiday 4,000 miles away by screaming through a CCTV device on his phone last month (September 27).

Jamie Foster from Wickford in Essex was on a coach on his way to the airport in the Dominican Republic when he terrified the raider by screaming at his mobile screen.

The businessman watched aghast from another continent as the cameras were activated in his cafe and he saw the intruder rifling through the till. But his cries startled the criminal, causing him to flee the cafe with £50 in his hand.