A highway bandit, who stole an iPhone 13 from a traveller who was asking him for directions back home to Saudi Arabia, lost his appeal at the Supreme Criminal Appeals Court.
Police were able to track down the stolen device after activating its ‘Find My iPhone’ feature, the court heard, and it turned out that the appellant had sold on the device for only BD10.
In January, the High Criminal Court sentenced the 28-year-old Bahraini to three years in prison on charges of theft and assault.
He was reportedly accompanied by two other yet-unidentified individuals, and together they managed to rob the victim of his mobile, run away and then sell it to a mobile store.
According to the Gulf national who was robbed, he had flagged a car that was passing by to ask for directions to the King Fahad Causeway, where he met the appellant, who told him to follow their vehicle.
The car suddenly stopped, making him stop in his tracks. He told the Public Prosecution that he was surprised to see the three men step out of their car and approach him, then went on to beat him up.
“I was able to push the defendant off me, and move my car to run away,” the victim stated, adding that the men still pursued him, and stopped again in front of him in an attempt to prevent him from getting away.
However, the manoeuvre led to a collision between the Bahrain-registered car and the victim’s, which led his attackers to flee the scene.
After that, the Bahraini and his accomplices sold the iPhone 13 to a mobile store for just BD10. The shop’s owner testified to buying the phone for ‘cheap’ because he could not unlock it.
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