Members of Apple store raiding gang from South London charged

Eleven boys and one man have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal after a series of iPhone thefts at 13 Apple stores across the capital over the space of two-and-a-half weeks.

The gang charged is predominantly from South London.

The charges brought include 24 of conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to commit theft, possession of a class A drug, possession of a class B drug and breach of bail.

Among those charged are five of the boys are from Lambeth, one aged 17, three aged 15 and one aged 13. A 17-year-old from Bromley and a 14-year-old from Croydon – along with a 16-year-old from Cambridge – are together charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal from a shop.

A 13-year-old boy from Lambeth and a 14-year-old-boy from Bromley were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to steal from a shop and possession of a class B drug.

A 17-year-old-boy from Merton was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to steal from a shop and possession of a class A drug.

All appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Layth Al-Darraji, 18, of no fixed address, was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal from a shop.

The charges related to a series of robberies across various Apple stores at Battersea Power Station, Regent Street, Bromley, Brent Cross and Watford on various days between December 19 last year and January 6.

One man and four boys were previously charged with robbery on January 7, having been arrested on Sunday, January 5 after officers were called at around 2.30pm to reports of a group attempting to steal 50 iPhones from the Apple store in Brent Cross. They appeared at Willesden Magistrates’ Court.

They are: Mycah Omo-Idahosa, 18, of Lothian Road, Lambeth, two 15-year-old boys from Lambeth, a 14-year-old from Croydon and a 16-year-old from Cambridge.

The four boys also now face additional conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal charges.

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