Prolific London phone thieves who handled more than 5,000 stolen phones jailed

Clockwise from top left: Zakaria Senadjki, Nazih Cheraitia, Ahmed Belhanafi, Riyadh Mamouni - (Met police)

Four prolific London phone thieves have been jailed for handling more than 5,000 stolen phones - with two convicted of spending thousands of pounds from their victims’ bank accounts.

Over an 18-month period the group handled phones that had been stolen from across the capital and two of the men made purchases or took out loans using the devices.