A pregnant woman fell to the ground as a thief snatched her iPhone from her hand. Joshua Oni had arranged to buy the phone from the woman on Gumtree but did not have the money to pay her when he turned up at her home.
After asking her a few questions, Oni tried to steal the phone from her grasp. It fell to the floor and as they both went to grab it, the woman fell backwards.
Oni, who was 20 at the time of the offence on October 1 2019, picked the phone up and ran away, prosecution barrister Sophie Kenny told Bolton Crown Court. The woman went to hospital, complaining of stomach pain, but no issues were found and she was discharged.
