Moment prolific Algerian thief swipes City worker's backpack at London pub

This is the moment a prolific Algerian thief brazenly stole a City worker's backpack in a crowded pub a year after he snatched a £37,000 Phillipe Patek watch from the wrist of an unsuspecting London tourist.'Professional thief' Mohamed Sellaoui, 19, was sentenced to 21 months behind bars after he wrenched the luxury watch from Jiangfeng Ni's wrist as he walked out of Langan's Brasserie on February 36, 2024.At the time of the incident, for which he has been found guilty of robbery and will be deported after his jail term comes to an end, he was on bail for stealing a backpack containing valuables worth £2,000 from a diner at the age of 16.Yesterday, he appeared at Southwark Crown Court once again for a separate offence, where he stole a backpack containing £1,500 worth of goods from a pub in New Bridge Street on March 11, 2025 - a year after snatching the Phillipe Patek watch.