A 16 YEAR OLD boy had his mobile phone snatched from his hand as he walked home from college through Twickenham last Tuesday (29th).

The teenager was walking home along Craneford Way, at 3.30pm when someone approached him from behind and snatched his mobile phone from his hand.

He saw the thief then run over the railway bridge towards Crane Road. The phone taken was a Sony J5 silver slim line phone valued at £130.

The thief is described as a white male aged roughly 25, 5ft 10ins in height with collar length brown hair. He was wearing dark blue jeans a green sports coat with white trainers.

Anyone who saw a man of this description running over the railway bridge at this time is asked to contact PC Darell Ayaydin on 8247 7032.