A CRUEL thief stole from a teenage boy as he suffered an epileptic fit in a busy street, police have revealed.
This week, detectives appealed to the public to help catch the opportunist, who snatched the 19-year-old's iPhone 5 and then fled the scene.
The victim had just got off the No 97 bus in Chelmsley Road, near North Solihull Sports Centre, when he collapsed to the ground.
The quick-thinking driver had got out of the vehicle and went to help the teenager. As he was doing so, another man walked up and picked the phone up off the floor, before running off down the road.
The suspect is described as a heavily-built white man, in his 30s. At the time he was wearing a green hat.
PC Keith Tedds, from Solihull Police, said: "This was a shocking and callous crime.
"The young man was on the floor, unaware of what was going on around him and unable to prevent himself from becoming a victim of crime."
The incident happened on Monday, February 10 at around 9.40pm, although details were only released this week. Following the theft, the victim is recovering from his ordeal and hopes his phone, worth several hundred pounds, will be recovered.
Anyone with information should call the Solihull Investigation Team on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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