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Story summary
- Elizabeth Lopez Aguilar, a 24-year-old track athlete, was filming a TikTok in front of the London Eye when a phone thief targeted her.
- Aguilar and her boyfriend chased down the thief and retrieved her phone without involving the police.
- In 2024, London recorded 116,656 mobile phone thefts, the highest on record.
- Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, proposed raising council tax to combat phone thefts, noting that victims include tourists.
