Owen Jones has mobile phone stolen by mugger on bike 'for third time' in North London
OWEN Jones had his mobile phone snatched from his hand by a thief riding a bike last night.
The newspaper columnist said this is the "third time" he's had his device stolen in Islington, North London.
On Twitter, Jones wrote: "Just had my phone snatched off me by a guy on a bike, how's your evening going.
"This is the third time it's happened, always in Islington."
In the UK, more than 183 smartphones are stolen every day with most of the robberies happening in London where criminals use bikes and mopeds to move quickly.
This comes after Jones was attacked by a thug in the UK capital.
Jones suffered cuts and swelling to his back and head after being karate-kicked to the ground on his birthday night out in Islington in 2019.
Last summer, James Healy, 40, admitted assaulting the left-wing activist but denied being motivated by Jones' sexuality or political campaigning.
Healy – who has a string of convictions for football-related violence – tried to claim he "had the hump" because the writer had bumped into him in a pub and spilled his drink.
The football hooligan, of Portsmouth, was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court to two years and eight months in prison for affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Recalling the attack, Mr Jones said he was having a "nice evening" until he ended up on the floor "completely disorientated".
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He said: "In those ten seconds, I don't really remember what happened because I was attacked from behind – I had no sense of what was going to happen."
Born in Sheffield, Jones attended Oxford University before working as a trade union lobbyist and a parliamentary researcher for future-Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell.
In 2011, he rose to prominence in the UK with his first book 'Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class.'
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