A man has been charged with stealing his own barrister's mobile phone during a court appearance.
The unlikely scenario was detailed in a tweet from Scotland Yard's @MPSBexley account this afternoon.
"Bobby Heath, 25, has just been charged with stealing his barrister's mobile phone," the force said.
The alleged theft happened on May 1 at Bexley Magistrates' Court in Bexleyheath, it added.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bobby Heath, 25 of Strood, Kent has just been charged with stealing his barristers mobile phone at Bexley magistrates court on 1st May 2015.— Bexley MPS (@MPSBexley) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MPSBexley/status/595556159039344640" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-53311-https://twitter.com/MPSBexley/status/595556159039344640" data-vars-event-id="c23">May 5, 2015</a>
Heath, of Simnel Road, Lewisham, has now been bailed to appear at the same court on June 2, a police spokesman said.
