mugging

Mobile phone thief drops handset in attempted mugging

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Moment thief on a bicycle snatches phone from man’s hand – but fumbles and smashes it on the ground A mobile phone thief targeted a pedestrian near Old Street in east London  The bicycle riding thief scoped out the victim who was looking at his phone  The thief fumbled the phone during the theft attempt … Read more

Chancellor picked our pockets, but it was no full-scale mugging

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Smiling assassin: Chancellor Rishi Sunak Let’s be honest, it could have been worse. For weeks, we (the great British public) had been primed to fear the worst. Middle England’s pensions and investments, we were told, would be raided to pay for the Government’s stoic financial support of the economy – businesses and households – through … Read more