Last year, my grandson was walking from Hangleton to Portslade station at midday on a Saturday.
As he approached the Knoll Infants School entrance, he was approached by two males.
One held him while the other head-butted him and bit his hand to steal his mobile phone.
To say this was a frightening experience is one thing but the aftermath was as bad. Injections for hepatitis were followed one month later by blood tests for HIV.
No one was caught for this offence. This wasn't a young lad showing off a flash mobile but a strapping, six-feet, broad-shouldered 23-year-old man just answering a call from someone offering him a lift.
I am delighted sentences for mobile phone thefts are being made tougher.
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