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Police Release Adviser’s 999 Call, Review Misrecorded Phone Theft

5/7/2026

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Police released the transcript of adviser McSweeney’s emergency 999 call after criticism of their handling of the phone theft.
Police are reviewing the October theft on Belgrave Road in Westminster after misrecording it as Belgrave Street in Tower Hamlets.
McSweeney told a committee he reported the theft to Downing Street and said the phone lacks information on Lord Mandelson’s ambassador appointment because he had supplied messages to No 10 in September.

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Police released the transcript of adviser McSweeney’s emergency 999 call after criticism of their handling of the phone theft.
Police are reviewing the October theft on Belgrave Road in Westminster after misrecording it as Belgrave Street in Tower Hamlets.
McSweeney told a committee he reported the theft to Downing Street and said the phone lacks information on Lord Mandelson’s ambassador appointment because he had supplied messages to No 10 in September.