E-bike thieves jailed after mobile phone robbery spree across central London

Two men person been jailed for astir six years combined for robbing mobile phones portion riding E-bikes successful cardinal London.

On May 23, Kymani Wilson and Claude Parkinson led the Metropolitan Police connected a pursuit that saw a chopper and equipped vehicles way them from cardinal London to Islington.

The brace were recovered to person dropped disconnected stolen items to associates astatine a pub connected Caledonian Road earlier attempting to fell successful a adjacent estate.

Armed officers located the property and stormed the spot astir 20 minutes later, arresting the men and taking them to custody.

Wilson, 22, of Brent was sentenced to 3 years and 2 months successful situation portion Parkinson was handed a 2 years and 8 period condemnation for 4 counts of theft.

At the proceeding connected November 11 astatine Snaresbrook Crown Court, they were besides sentenced to 1 number each of unsafe driving, whilst Parkinson was besides convicted for 1 number of breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order.

Detective main inspector Scott Ware, from the Central West Robbery Squad unit, said: “We cognize mobile telephone theft is simply a immense interest for people, and it is peculiarly frightening to person thing snatched retired of your hands from idiosyncratic connected a bike.

“We’ve worked hard to physique a lawsuit and stitchery grounds to convict these 2 offenders and get them enactment down bars.

“We cognize what a important interaction this benignant of a transgression has connected victims truthful delight remainder assured cracking down connected it and getting these villains disconnected our streets is simply a precedence for us.”