India, Feb. 2 -- A humorous twist of fate has left a locksmith locked out of his own van - but the culprit wasn't another person. Instead, it was one of his French bulldogs. Peter Macann, a 31-year-old locksmith from Dereham, Norfolk, found himself in a most ironic predicament when his dog inadvertently locked him out of his vehicle.

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Macann was on his way to a job when he stopped at a service station to fill the tyres of his van. But when he returned to his vehicle, he found himself locked out. "I'm a 24-hour locksmith, so I had a job at about 21:00, and I went to put air in the tyres, went to pay for it, got back, and I just couldn't get in...