London’s most notorious phone thief, Sonny Stringer, 28, jailed after being knocked off bike by police

A man dubbed ‘London’s most notorious phone thief’ has been jailed for two years after snatching 24 phones in a single morning.

Sonny Stringer, 28, raced through the capital at speeds of up to 50mph as he snatched phones from unsuspecting bystanders on an electric scooter.

In little over an hour he and an accomplice had snatched two dozen phones worth around £20,000 before they were apprehended by police.

At 10.15 am, a woman standing near Baker Street Underground station who was using her phone to find directions had it snatched from her hand.

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