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Boy uses Twitter to help nab thief

Updated on: 22 November,2010 03:33 PM IST  | 
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A boy in Britain helped catch a thief by clicking his photograph and posting it on Twitter.

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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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