Hollywood star Rosamund Pike says she was left with a brusied face when an assailant punched as they snatched her mobile phone from her hand while she spoke to her mother
James Bond star Rosamund Pike has confessed to being punched in the face by a thief who snatched her mobile phone. The actress detailed how she was violently attacked by the mugger on a bicycle as she spoke to her mother on the phone while walking down the street.
Rosamund, 46, admitted she had «15 minutes» of hell during the crime which occurred in 2006. She revealed how her mother Caroline Friend heard her scream in terror and was distraught not knowing what had happened to her until she got access to another phone to call her back. Rosamund told Magic Radio: «I was on the phone to my mother — on a mobile phone walking along a road — and I was mugged.
«The phone was snatched so all she heard was me scream and a thud and the phone went dead.» Rosamund described the mugger as a kid who went speeding past her on a bicycle and punched her down the side of her cheek.
She detailed how the assailant took her mobile phone and she was left with a bruise on her face from the incident. Rosamund is just one of many celebs who have fallen victim to the phone snatching trend in London.
Former tennis player Annabel Croft was waiting for a taxi outside King’s Cross station last year when her mobile was stolen «clean out of her hands.» She shared on Instagram : «I just wanted to warn people who are on their own in London. I just got mugged waiting for a taxi outside King’s Cross St Pancreas.
«The man was riding a bike and wearing a black balaclava. He rode straight at me and took my phone clean out of my hands. He rode away with it but luckily dropped my phone so I got it back. Terrifying!»
Television presenter Kym Marsh also fell foul of phone thieves when she had her mobile snatched from her hand on a London street in March.
Speaking on BBC’s Morning Live, she told her co-host Gethin Jones: «It is quite a scary thing to happen to you, you’re walking down a road and then all of a sudden something’s taken out of your hand.
«And that was about a fortnight ago that was taken from me. But thankfully I was okay.»
London has seen a surge in phone snatching crimes as perpetrators use e-bikes and operate in gangs to steal devices on the move and make a fast getaway. Victims are left powerless and terrified by the random attacks which are occurring all over the city
Figures now show that a mobile phone is reported stolen in London every six minutes.
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