Eleven boys and one man have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal following a series of iPhone thefts at 13 Apple stores across the capital over the space of two-and-a-half weeks.
The charges include 24 charges for conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to commit theft, one charge for possession of a class A drug, one charge for possession of a class B drug and one breach of bail.
Three 15-year-old boys from Lambeth, a 17-year-old-boy from Lambeth, a 17-year-old-boy from Bromley, a 14-year-old-boy from Croydon, a 13-year-old boy from Lambeth and a 16-year-old boy from Cambridge were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal from a shop and appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court, Tuesday.
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 and appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court Tuesday.
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 and appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court Tuesday.
Layth Al-Darraji, 18, of no fixed address, was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal from a shop and appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court Tuesday.
The charges related to a series of robberies across various Apple stores, including the below:
- 19/12/2024 – Battersea Power Station.
- 20/12/2024 – Regent Street.
- 21/12/2024 – Regent Street.
- 26/12/2024 – Regent Street
- 26/12/2024 – Brent Cross
- 27/12/2024 – Bromley
- 30/12/2024 – Brent Cross.
- 01/01/2025 – Battersea Power Station.
- 02/01/2024 – Brent Cross.
- 03/01/2025 – Battersea Power Station
- 04/01/2025 – Bentalls Centre.
- 05/01/2025 – Brent Cross
- 06/01/2025 – Watford
One man and four boys were previously charged with robbery on Tuesday, 7 January, having been arrested on Sunday, 5 January, after officers were called at around 14:35hrs 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 Rd, Lambeth, a 15-year-old boy from Lambeth, a 15-year-old boy from Lambeth, a 14-year-old-boy from Croydon, and a 16-year-old boy from Cambridge.
The four boys also now face additional conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to steal charges as above.
