A man has been charged with stealing his own barrister's mobile phone during a court appearance.
Bobby Heath, 25, is alleged to have swiped the phone at Bexley Magistrates' Court on 1 May.
He was in court to plead guilty to possession of cannabis and driving without insurance.
Magistrates fined him £165 and he had to pay further costs of £170. His driving licence was also endorsed with six points.
Heath, Strood, Kent, was bailed to reappear at the court, in Bexleyheath, south east London, on 2 June in relation to his lawyer's phone.
The astonishing scenario was detailed in a tweet from Scotland Yard's @MPSBexley account.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11585205/Man-charged-with-stealing-his-barristers-phone-in-court.htmlCrime. You are doing it wrong.
