Britain’s meanest thief who stole iPhone woman was selling to pay for daughter’s funeral
The man snatched the phone and ran off without paying Police are hunting Britain’s meanest thief – who stole a phone a woman was selling him to pay for her daughter’s funeral. Officers are appealing for information to help identify the man following the robbery of the phone in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The victim had agreed […]
3 years ago
Man flies 4,000 miles and spends £2,300 to track down thief who stole his AirPods
What a story to tell the grandkids! A man has revealed how he flew a total of 4,000 miles and spent a whopping £2,300 to track down his stolen AirPods that had ended up in Qatar. Lewis Ellis, 31, only realised he’d left his AirPods on the plane once he was through the arrival gate […]
3 years ago
Shoplifter arrested 101 times – and let go almost every time
Fool me once… A career criminal who is set to have committed hundreds of burglaries has reportedly been arrested 101 times – and somehow managed to be let go on almost every occasion. 53-year-old Harold Gooding, a serial shoplifter who New York‘s Mayor Eric Adams has labelled “Recidivist No. 1”, is said to have been […]
3 years ago
Thief punched gran, 72, in face and stole her car – only to die in crash shortly after
‘The Lord saw fit to take him out of his misery’ After assaulting a 72-year-old woman and stealing her car, a thief died shortly after – crashing said car on the interstate highway. Shirlene Hernandez had stopped for a coke at a Shell garage in San Antonio, Texas, only to be assaulted by an unnamed […]
4 years ago
Dancing pickpocket jailed for ‘grinding’ on woman to steal watches
Time’s up on a dancing watch thief A pickpocket who used dance moves to distract women as he slipped their watches off their wrists has been jailed, with police on Thursday joking that he had “enjoyed his last tango in Birmingham”. Abdelhadi Bahou Jabour, who has been described as “part Bruce Forsyth, part Artful Dodger” […]
4 years ago