Instant karma! Moment thief steals motorbike form elderly rider - then drops dead from sudden illness seconds later in Brazil

Brazilian CCTV footage caught the extraordinary moment a criminal robbed an elderly biker and dropped dead from a sudden illness seconds later.

Footage shows Iury Gustavo da Silva Godoy, 17, and his accomplice riding down a road in São Paulo on a motorbike and cutting off a 66-year-old rider and forcing her to stop on Tuesday, November 7.

The pair of crooks get off their bike, surround the man, and rummage through his pockets, before forcing him off his bike with his hands in the air.

The owner of the stolen bike told police the suspects pointed a gun at his face.

As the victim runs away, one of the suspects - wearing a yellow coat - jumps on the stolen motorcycle and rides it away.

The other, wearing black, gets back on the other bike, but as soon as he tries to ride away, he swerves, falls onto his side, and lies motionless on the tarmac.

With the criminal on the ground, a car approaches. Without knowing it, the driver got out to try to help, but was then warned that the boy on the ground was a robber

Medics arrived on the scene to treat him but could only pronounce him dead, local media report.

Police in Brazil are investigating the case as a suspected robbery and suspicious death.

Police have seized the motorbike Godoy was on for analysis, which is reportedly registered in his grandfather’s name.

The weapon, which turned out to be a replica firearm, was also seized.

The stolen bike and the second suspect had not yet been tracked down.