Two phone and bag thieves have been jailed after targeting pub goers in the City of London.
Daniel Ramzi, 26, and Abderrahim Mamma, 29 - both of no fixed abode - pleaded guilty to four counts of theft each.
The court found that the pair had stolen from multiple people on January 15 this year.
According to the City of London Police, the two were at a fast-food restaurant on Bishopsgate as they stole a mobile phone from a person’s coat pocket before walking away.
On the same day, they stole a laptops inside a bag at a licensed premises on Gracechurch Street.
They also went on to steal another laptop from a bag at a pub in Leadenhall Market.
Both were seen on CCTV reaching over a barrier to take a bag, removing a laptop inside and then putting the bag back in place.
On January 21, the two went into a pub on Old Broad Street, where Ramzi took a bag out from a pile and replaced it with a different bag.
They then approached another group and did another bag swap before leaving.
Mamma, who also pleaded guilty to an additional seven theft offences outside the city, was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court to 20 months in prison.
He was also handed a Criminal Behaviour Order banning him from entering the City of London for five years.
Ramzi was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to 14 months in prison.
Sergeant James Wood, of the Proactive Acquisitive Crime Team at the City of London Police, said:
“This is another great result in seeing two prolific bag thieves behind bars. We hope that these sentences will give reassurance to businesses and members of the public that we take such offences very seriously.
“Our warning to criminals; don’t come into the City to steal bags. We will bring those committing crimes in the City to justice and we will use all of our resources to help prevent and deter any further criminal activities.”
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