The mobile phone footage purports to show a woman raiding post boxes at the apartments, before being confronted by an angry onlooker
A suspected letter thief has been caught on camera allegedly stealing post from a neighbour outside a block of city flats.
The middle-aged woman - who is holding some letters - looks aghast after being quizzed about her actions.
The mobile phone footage purports to show her raiding post boxes at the apartments, before being confronted by an angry onlooker.
The man, who appears to be a resident, approaches the woman, who is seen to shut one of the post boxes seconds before she sees him.
He tells the woman he has seen her rifling through residents’ mail - and accuses her of breaking open his post box, reports Manchester Evening News.
The woman, who is seen with a number of envelopes in her hand, asks him: “What’s up? It’s my mail, love.”
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The man then replies: “Not it’s not, you’re going to be in trouble.”
The woman is then seen to respond: “I swear, it’s my mail.”
But the man, warning her she is being recorded, then tells her: “You just smashed mine as well, you’re in trouble.”
Gesticulating, with her voice raised, the woman says: “I’ve just smashed yours? I haven’t got any f****** mail, it’s mine.
"I’ve just f****** used my key.
“I’ve just used my key, I used to f****** live there. I used to live next door to [resident’s name].
“It’s f****** mine. It’s mine love. I swear, it’s mine.
“I’ve just been to my mate’s house to see if she had my spare key.”
The man again tells the woman’ she’s ‘in trouble’ after looking inside the opened post box.
The video, published on YouTube on Monday, has been described as taking place in Levenshulme - but the exact street where the incident took place is unknown.