Moment furious Brit holidaymaker is caught STEALING towels from sunbed-hoggers in the dead of night…is she in the right?
Samantha Cooper became fed up with people flouting hotel rules and laying down towels to save a space for the following day - even though some wouldn't claim their spots until the afternoon.
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She was spotted on video swiping the towels
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The 40-year-old from Manchester had been enjoying her break at a Cyprus resort
Credit: Jam Press/@ellieikin6
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Samantha Cooper took towels from sunbed hoggers at 1.30am because 'they deserved it'
Credit: Jam Press/@ellieikin6
The 40-year-old from Manchester had been enjoying her break at a Cyprus resort, but faced the daily struggle to find a free sunbed each morning.
Her hotel had strict rules against towels being laid down before 9am each morning.
But Samantha quickly established that many visitors were flouting this edict, with many sneaking out in the dead of night to reserve a spot.
She spotted people heading to the poolside at 1.30am to place their towels on sunbeds that they wouldn't even use until the next afternoon.
Soon, she decided to take matters into her own hands.
After getting fed up with the queue-jumpers, she went down herself to whip the preemptive towels off the sunbeds.
Her daring actions were even caught on video.
"To be fair, they deserved it," her 25-year-old daughter Ellie Ikin told the MailOnline.
"They were never down there until at least 3pm. Every morning was a struggle.
"The hotel said they had rules of no one putting towels down until 9am, but no one listened."
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She added: "My mum noticed they were putting towels down at 1.30am from her balcony.
"We were annoyed because the people who were doing it didn't sit around the pool until later in the afternoon.
"I was happy she pulled them off so other people actually got a chance to get a bed when they wanted to sit around the pool in the morning."
Her mum's bold measures made it easier for people to find a spot by the pool the next morning.
But the hoggers continued to put their towels down the next night regardless.
Ellie blasted these people's actions as "selfish".
"I completely understand the need of getting a bed early, but 1.30am putting towels out when you have no intentions of being there in the morning is ridiculous," she said.
It is not the only sunbed-related drama to have drawn attention in recent months.
One tourist was furious after vigilantes swiped towels from a sun lounger she had been given permission because of her disability.
Wheelchair user Elaine Simpson, 77, from Manchester, had been holidaying near Magaluf to celebrate her wedding anniversary.
But her plans to enjoy the special day by the poolside were ruined after a vigilantes nabbed the towels they had used to save their spaces.
She had been given the permission of hotel staff to save a spot this way because of her disability.
Elaine previously told the Sun: "We could never have made it down for 9am to get a sunbed.
"So we went out to the beach and paid for sunbeds for the whole week."
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Her 25-year-old daughter Ellie Ikin called the hoggers 'selfish'
Credit: Jam Press/@ellieikin6
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Her bold measures made it easier for people to find a spot by the pool the next morning
Credit: Jam Press/@ellieikin6
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