Thief who ‘robbed pensioner' is stripped and clingfilmed to a lamppost in Chile

Santiago: A mob in Chile dished out some very sweaty justice to an alleged thief who was spotted attempting to rob a pensioner with a knife – he was stripped naked, then wrapped head to foot in clingfilm and tied to a lamppost, according to Mirror UK.

A crowd gathered around 32-year-old nude Valentino Abeyta Barrera in Chilean capital Santiago’s took photographs.

He was left for 20 minutes at the same place with his underpants lying down before police arrived – and the alleged thief refused to explain why he was there, begging the police to free him.

The photographs stirred up discussion online about vigilante justice – and Barrera was freed, as his alleged victim did not make a complaint to police