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Exclusive: Police did not investigate the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phone because officers were “too busy”, despite the sensitivity of his messages and contacts Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff told the Metropolitan police that his phone was stolen as he returned home from a restaurant in central London on October 20 last year The theft of the work device means that McSweeney’s WhatsApp messages and texts to Lord Mandelson, the former ambassador to the US, cannot be retrieved. It has led critics to question whether the phone was stolen The State of It, the political podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times, can disclose that McSweeney told police the phone was taken by a man wearing a balaclava on an electric bike. The man grabbed it out of his hand as McSweeney was responding to text messages and cycled off. McSweeney gave chase but was unable to keep up Scotland Yard has a record of the incident but did not carry out any formal investigation. Officers did not speak to McSweeney directly because they were too busy. He was given a crime reference number and the case was closed McSweeney reported the theft of his phone to No 10 and the device was shut off remotely. He was given a new device with the same number the next day. The theft of the phone was first reported by The Sun on Sunday thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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BREAKING Scotland Yard has confirmed that Morgan McSweeney reported the theft of his phone to them on October 20 last year They took down ***the wrong address*** and assumed the offence had taken place in East London rather than Westminster As a result they could not identify a suspect and the case was closed The Times has been told officers were 'too busy' to speak to Morgan McSweeney directly about it Having established the error following the report by The Sun on Sunday they have amended the report Worth bearing in mind that this was the theft of the phone with the prime minister's number, the number of every cabinet minister, sensitive WhatsApps, messages, emails… you name it. This was NOT an ordinary phone Starmer: “On Monday, 20 October police received a report from a man in his 40s alleging that his phone had been snatched. “The incident was recorded as having taken place in Belgrave Street, E1. “A review of the allegation, including a consideration of whether there was available CCTV, did not identify any realistic lines of enquiry. The investigation was subsequently closed. “In the course of responding to a recent media enquiry, we became aware that the address was entered incorrectly at the time of the initial call and should instead have been recorded as Belgrave Road, Pimlico. “Having identified this error, the report will be amended and the assessment of whether there is available evidence revisited."
BREAKING The Lebanese government has declared Mohammad Reza Shibani, the ambassador-designate of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to be persona non grata and is giving him until Sunday to leave Lebanon. This makes four Arab nations that have expelled Islamic Republic of Iran diplomats in the last week. Lebanon joins Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar.
McSweeney's phone was stolen around a month after Starmer was forced to sack Mandelson as US ambassador.......
