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Get the free app no ads · no paywallNews · 7 May 2026
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Concerns arose about important messages potentially lost from the stolen phone belonging to a former Downing Street chief of staff. Scotland Yard arrested a 28-year-old man last Wednesday for selling the device in Peckham. The phone, owned by Morgan McSweeney, was reportedly stolen on 20 October 2025.
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