article_snippet.sent: A shop spokesman said: 'When A shop spokesman was asked where A shop spokesman was going A shop spokesman told the security guard that A shop spokesman wanted to buy the phone - and was going to A shop spokesman car to get A shop spokesman wallet. '
article_snippet.sent: For some reason the security guard let A shop spokesman go outside the shop with the phone at which point the man ran off.'
article_snippet.sent: A police spokesman said: 'the man is well-known to the police so when the shop assistant told officers the man had been taking photos with another phone police immediately recognised the man and were able to go straight to the man
article_snippet.sent: When police arrived the man denied being anywhere near the shop so in a way condemned the man as police were able to prove the man had been there just 30 minutes earlier.'
article_snippet.sent: On the man way home the man had sold the stolen phone in a pawn shop for the equivalent of £120.