That is the second when a brazen thief was caught on CCTV stealing a cell phone at a Ukrainian fundraiser in Glasgow.
Ann Waall was taking part in tennis at Hillhead Sports activities Membership within the west finish of the town when she was robbed by a grey-haired man on Saturday afternoon.
The 46-year-old NHS employee had left her iPhone inside her backpack in clear view of different members of the membership when the criminal struck.
Whereas she was on the court docket, a person - who was unknown to the sports activities membership - shamelessly rummaged by her bag earlier than pocketing the handset.
Within the surprising CCTV clip the thief, who made no try to hide his identification, may very well be seen putting his jacket over the backpack to hide his arm rummaging within the bag.
He goes on to dig round contained in the bag for a number of seconds whereas scanning the room to make sure nobody had clocked onto him.
He finally finds the cellphone and examines it in his hand earlier than selecting up his jacket and leaving.
Extremely, the theft takes place whereas different folks might be seen standing simply yards away.
The cellphone accommodates necessary contacts for Ann who's an NHS neighborhood employee.
Ann's husband William shared the footage on his social media within the hope of tracing the person accountable.
He advised Glasgow Reside : "My spouse is completely raging. Not solely has she misplaced all of the contacts for her work, it means weak sufferers will not have the ability to contact her.
"She's additionally obtained her footage and private particulars on it.
"The very fact it occurred at a charity occasion makes it much more surprising. The bag was sitting with a bunch of others. We did not see the necessity to lock it away in a separate room as a result of folks have been milling round and we by no means anticipated one thing like this to occur.
"The person is not a member of the membership, he is simply are available in off the road and began going by the zipped luggage.
"We reported it to the police however up to now they've not been a lot assist. It appears like he is left the membership and went straight for the practice as we have picked him up on the GPS on Stockwell Road.
"I wish to get his face on the market to warn others but in addition to get Ann's cellphone again."
A spokesperson for Police Scotland confirmed they're investigating the incident and urged anybody with info to contact them on 101.
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