Female phone thieves arrested

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Feb 23, 2008

LUCK ran out for two female mobile phone thieves at Adabraka last Thursday morning when they were apprehended by residents of the area.
The two, aged 17 and about 25 were forced to surrender the phone they stole from a hairdressing saloon when they were given some beatings.
It took the timely intervention of other residents in the area to save the two from severe beatings.
One of them gave her name as Paulina, 17 while the other suspected to be about 25 years old failed to mention her name.
The owner of the saloon, Ms Abigail Lakotowa, told The Mirror that the two approached her at about 9 am with some plastic plates which they claimed they were selling.
According to her, when she told them that she just reported for work and therefore did not have money, they insisted that she bought the plates.
She said as she spoke to the other, Paulina went to stand in front of the mirror where she had placed her phone.
“A few minutes after the two left, I realised that my phone was nowhere to be found. I dashed out of the saloon and raised an alarm forcing the two to take to their heels,” she said, adding that some young men in the area gave the two a hot chase and apprehended them.
When The Mirror team got to the scene, the two were being jostled with occasional slaps in an attempt to retrieve the phone.
Looking at the crowd gathering, coupled with threats of severe beating and being stripped naked, Paulina surrendered the phone.
One of them who was stripped off her blouse and brassier was whisked away in a taxi while the other was allowed to go.
Paulina told The Mirror that they came from Madina, but went to the area to sell plastic plates.