Woman recovers phone stolen in broad daylight after chasing down brazen thief from video 18 Watch Video

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✓ Published: 19-Apr-2024

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This is the moment a woman chased down a thief after her phone was snatched from her hand while vlogging in broad daylight. <br/><br/>Sophie Hockings, 28, was vlogging on a street in London's Highbury and Islington when a masked thief snatched her phone. <br/><br/>A video shows Sophie recording and speaking into the camera when suddenly a man snatched the phone off her hand.<br/><br/>Instinctively, Sophie chased him down as he rode away on a BMX bicycle. <br/><br/>Sophie can be heard boldly chasing after the phone snatcher and shouting at him before he throws the phone back. <br/><br/>The incident took place on March 27th on a private street near Highbury Fields.<br/><br/>She said that the person who snatched her phone seemed very young and was wearing an N95 mask and gloves.<br/><br/>Sophie, who works in PR, said: \