FOUR teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of robbery after a number of mobile phone thefts in Worcester.

The incidents, in the Rainbow Hill area, happened on Thursday afternoon going into the evening.

Police were unable to say the exact number of incidents that took place in the area around that time.

A 16-year-old boy, two 15-year-old boys and a 13-year-old boy have all been arrested by West Mercia Police and released under investigation.

One victim, Mechelle Sherriff was on the phone outside The Bridge pub in Rainbow Hill when a man cycling past took the phone out of her hand at 7.20pm on Thursday (July 20).

She said: “Please warn Worcester people, I had my phone stolen tonight and the police have said there are a group of young males committing offences around town.

“He snatched it out of my hand while I was on the phone to my mum. He was on a mountain bike.”

Miss Sherriff believes the man cut through to the Arboretum along the canal where the old Royal Mail sorting office used to be.

Miss Sherriff said she was upset at the loss of irreplaceable pictures of her four-year-old daughter Lillie, from when she was born, which were only kept on the phone.

She said: “I have pictures from when she was born on there that can’t be replaced.”

West Mercia Police confirmed they were investigating the incident but would not confirm if they were linking the crime to any other offences.

Anyone with information, call police on 101 quoting incident number 786S of July 20.