Qld thief locked in store throws tantrum

A wannabe thief hurled goods around a Brisbane service station in a tantrum after a quick-thinking employee locked him in and called the cops.

The 20-year-old balaclava-clad man unsuccessfully tried to rob the shop at Annerley on Sunday night, but became enraged when he found he had been trapped.

Police arrived to find him hurling items around the store and at the doors, while the employee had safely fled to a secure back room.

He will appear in court on Monday on a string of offences including two counts of assault or obstructing police and entering a premises and committing an indictable offence.