Footage shows the victim grabbing the young offender by the hair after he tried to rob her with a knife in the Colombian capital Bogota.

After disarming the attacker, she screams at him and slaps in around the head before searching his pockets and ordering him to kneel down.

As a crowd of onlookers gather around, she then completes the robber's humiliation by ordering him to strip naked - before he sprints off down the street covering his private parts with his hands.

It is played out against the backdrop of a loud alarm from a system that warns neighbours when a crime is being committed, according to LiveLeak, where the video appeared.