Boy uses Twitter to help nab thief

22 November,2010 03:33 PM IST |   |  Agencies

A boy in Britain helped catch a thief by clicking his photograph and posting it on Twitter.


A boy in Britain helped catch a thief by clicking his photograph and posting it on Twitter.

Alex Wilson, 10, and his father Dylan were driving past when Craig Royal snatched an iPhone from a pedestrian, The Sun reported.

Alex clicked Royal's photograph when he was fleeing and then posted the picture online.

The police, who identified and nabbed Royal, praised Alex's 'quick thinking'.

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