In a busy London café, a bag thief is lurking behind a woman at this very moment, using his foot to steal her expensive bag, camera, and money.
Photographer Laura posted a CCTV video of the theft of her Christian Dior rucksack at approximately 6.30 p.m. on Saturday, which cost more than £10,000, on Twitter.
Inside Acai Berry, a health food café on Wardour Street in Soho, the man can be seen dragging his leg toward the bag for a short period of time while sporting a pink polo t-shirt, baseball cap, and sunglasses.
The man, wearing a pink polo t-shirt, baseball cap and sunglasses, can be seen moving his leg in the direction of the bag for a few minutes inside Acai Berry, a health food cafe on Wardour Street in Soho.
He then walks out the front door after grabbing the patterned expensive bag from the floor.
The man nudged the bag towards him and looked around the cafe the whole two minutes the crime took place.
Laura posted a plea for assistance on social media, saying: “The robber who stole my luggage yesterday. Does anyone recognize him? My functional phone, passport, visa, and more than £10,000 worth of stuff were all stolen.
Other items in the bag, according to her, included her ID, her key, her Fujifilm XT4 camera with two lenses, an iPhone with client footage, and medication.
She said that she reported the theft to Charing Cross Police Station on Sunday morning.
‘I have been Charing Cross Police Station and enquired (begged) if they can go to boots to get CCTV with me,’ she wrote.
‘They did nothing. The police didn’t even bother to look at the CCTV footage I was trying to show them.’
Laura said that she was left ‘crying and crying’ by the theft, saying that she was ‘soo stupid’.
‘I have learnt a lot from this big trouble,’ she wrote. ‘I should have taken my responsibility to take care of it. I love London. Since I moved here, almost everyone I met was nice.
‘I worked hard for two years and finally purchased my devices. Crying and crying.’
The Metropolitan Police force was contacted for comment.