Overview

• Adam Zawi and Oussama Fadage were each sentenced to 12 months, and Aouidj Abderaouf received 36 weeks at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
• Prosecutors said the men acted as a joint enterprise in two July thefts targeting bags at The Walrus and The Carpenter and El Vino/The Olde Wine Shade.
• CCTV footage showed Abderaouf lifting a bag, with about £4,000 of valuables recovered including a £1,300 laptop, a £450 AirPlus 2 reader and £300 Sony headphones.
• District Judge Michael Snow condemned the offenders and questioned Zawi’s claimed age, stating there was no realistic prospect of rehabilitation.
• Court officials will send case details to the Home Office and a separate bid to bar the men from the City of London will be heard at a later date.