Porn thief caught red-faced in public toilet

A man caught stealing a porn magazine was caught with goods in his hand in a public toilet just minutes later.

The 19-year-old man emerged red-faced from the disabled toilets in Darwin's Karama Shopping Center.

The security guard and Karama Newsagency owner Peter Cullip had been waiting for the man for more than 10 minutes.

"He was pretty embarrassed," Mr Cullip, 43, said. "We can only guess what he was doing in there."

Mr Cullip said the CCTV camera caught the thief putting a Fiesta magazine up his T-shirt, and then leaving the store.

The magazine - a British soft-core porn adult magazine, which features girl-next-door-type models - retails for $9.95.

Mr Cullip said when police arrived; they took the man to collect the $9.95 and returned with him to pay the money back.

He said the man had been given a "slap on the wrist" for trespass.