A thief in Ireland saw instant retribution for a crime when a brick he attempted to throw at a car windshield to smash it bounced back and hit him in the face instead, knocking him out cold.

The criminal was caught on surveillance video near The Pheasant Pub in Drogheda. The suspected car thief is recorded throwing stones at a Mercedes, which just happens to belong to the pub’s owner, Gerard Brady. When the windows don’t break right away, he locates a large brick to throw at it from across the street.

Brady found the man unconscious on the ground and at first thought he had been attacked. When the rock thrower woke up, though, he threatened to blackmail Brady, saying he would call the police and claim the pub owner had attacked him.

Brady and his wife called the police and the man was arrested. The incident is being investigated, but the video, which was uploaded to YouTube by Brady, seems to show pretty clearly what happened.

Source: WTHR & The Guardian