General · 17 February 2026
Met chief demands courts deny bail to repeat phone thieves
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has urged the judiciary to refuse bail for serial mobile phone thieves to prevent immediate reoffending. Highlighting a reduction of 10,000 thefts over the past year, Rowley insisted that policing efforts alone cannot solve the crisis. He also called on technology manufacturers to design devices that are harder for criminals to reset and resell, while officers deploy new tactics including e-bikes and drones to target organised gangs in London.
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