On Wednesday, 30 August, police were called at 16:50hrs to reports of a mobile phone stolen from the Candle Shop in The Glades Shopping Centre on High Street, Bromley
CCTV footage released by the Police in Bromley show the man standing by the till and distracting the shop assistant by pretending to want a candle. He moves from side to side as the young boy goes behind the counter, and takes the shop assistant's phone.
Both the boy and the man are then seen leaving the shop with the phone, a Samsung Galaxy S7.
The suspect is described as a large white man, aged in his mid 30s, 5ft 7ins tall, with short brown hair and a beard. He was wearing a brown hat, brown jacket, blue jeans and black shoes.
The boy, who is believed to be approximately five years old, is described as white, with short brown hair. He was wearing a blue coat and dark trousers.
PC Ben Briselden, from Bromley Borough, said: "We are keen to identify the man in the CCTV footage who appears to use the child in their care to steal from those working in a candle shop. We would also urge anyone who witnessed the incident to contact us."
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CCTV shows the young boy grab a mobile phone from behind the till while the victim was distracted by another man pic.twitter.com/1Lizknre1V— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) September 11, 2017
by Linda Ikeji at 11/09/2017 2:39 PM
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