Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police
Eleven boys and one man have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal, following a series of iPhone thefts at 13 Apple stores across the capital over the space of two-and-a-half weeks.
The charges include:
- 24 charges for conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to commit theft.
- One charge for possession of a class A drug.
- One charge for possession of a class B drug.
- One breach of bail.
Three 15-year-old boys from Lambeth, a 17-year-old-boy from Lambeth, a 17-year-old-boy from Bromley, a 14-year-old-boy from Croydon, a 13-year-old boy from Lambeth and a 16-year-old boy from Cambridge were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal from a shop and appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court today, Tuesday 22 January.
A 13-year-old boy from Lambeth and a 14-year-old-boy from Bromley were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to steal from a shop and possession of a class B drug and appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court today, Tuesday 22 January.
A 17-year-old-boy from Merton was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to steal from a shop and possession of a class A drug and appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court today, Tuesday 22 January
Layth Al-Darraji, 18 (09.11.06) of no fixed address was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal from a shop and appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court today, Tuesday 22 January
The charges related to a series of robberies across various Apple stores including:
- 19/12/2024 – Battersea Power Station.
- 20/12/2024 – Regent Street.
- 21/12/2024 – Regent Street.
- 26/12/2024 – Regent Street
- 26/12/2024 – Brent Cross
- 27/12/2024 – Bromley
- 30/12/2024 – Brent Cross.
- 01/01/2025 – Battersea Power Station.
- 02/01/2024 – Brent Cross.
- 03/01/2025 – Battersea Power Station
- 04/01/2025 – Bentalls Centre.
- 05/01/2025 – Brent Cross
- 06/01/2025 – Watford
One man and four boys were previously charged with robbery on Tuesday, 7 January having been arrested on Sunday, 5 January after officers were called at around 14:35hrs to reports of a group attempting to steal 50 iPhones from the Apple store in Brent Cross. They appeared at Willesden Magistrates’ Court.
They are:
- Mycah Omo-Idahosa, 18 (26.10.06), of Lothian Rd, Lambeth
- A 15-year-old boy from Lambeth
- A 15-year-old boy from Lambeth
- A 14-year-old-boy from Croydon
- A 16-year-old boy from Cambridge
The four boys also now face additional conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal charges as above.