THIS is the shocking moment a TikToker has her phone swiped by a brazen e-bike thief while she is using it to film a video.
Model Astrid Wett was filming content for her page with fellow TikTok pal Leah when the thief struck.
Jam Press/@CrimeLdnCCTV captures the moment a thief swipes a phone from a TikToker by the River Thames[/caption]
Jam Press/@CrimeLdnThe cyclist speeds off with the device as the two women watch in shock[/caption]
CCTV captures the pair dancing in unison, with the phone propped up on a wall near Chelsea Bridge.
The thief, who is riding a Lime bike, whizzes by and swipes the phone, leaving the two women seemingly shocked.
They briefly run after the culprit, before jogging back to collect their belongings – empty handed.
The influencer and OnlyFans star was fuming about the incident, which took place on November 4.
She said: “London is genuinely a crime ridden hell hole at the moment.
“I had my phone stolen right in front of me. How do we even fix this?”
The Chelsea fan shared she later managed to obtain the 25-second video evidence through the police – which shows the river footpath packed with pedestrians and fellow cyclists.
She added: “I got the CCTV from the police.
“London is not safe. There is this thug on a bike.
“Me and Leah are just filming a TikTok. He comes up and steals my phone.
“We did chase him but he completely sped off, like there was no catching him.
“I never thought this would happen to me. What has happened to our beautiful country?
“I wanna be in a country where the leaders actually care about their people.”
Astrid – also a boxer – said: “Do you know this man? I won’t stop until he’s brought to justice.
“I don’t even care about the phone anymore but he needs to be in prison.”
She was met with a wave of support online, with one fan saying: “Your persistence will pay off! Stay strong, justice nears.”
A fellow Londoner said: “Seriously, I live in central London and I never take my phone out.”
Meanwhile, a third was less sympathetic, writing: “Filming TikToks in central London you should know better.”
Astrid clapped back, writing: “That is such a dumb way to think about it.”
Another also blamed her adding: “Stop doing TikToks on the street.”
To this, she replied: “I should be able to do whatever I want without having my things stolen.”
It comes amid a spate of phone thefts across London by gangs operating on electric bikes.
City of London Police even seized a bike capable of reaching 70.5mph for potential thefts.
Meanwhile, a group of fed-up pubgoers confronted a suspected phone thief in central London, with footage capturing the dramatic moment he is knocked off his bike.
A spokesperson for the Met Police told The Sun: “We can’t find any record of this incident being reported to us.”
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