A BRAZEN thief stole a cyclist's mobile phone after pulling up alongside him at a set of traffic lights.

The thief, driving a blue car, part registration B5, pulled up alongside the cyclist at traffic lights at the junction of Sutton Road and Jackson Street. Then he leaned through the window and grabbed the cyclist's Ericsson mobile phone (valued at £125) from his belt and drove off.

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