Woman chokes mobile phone thief after rugby tackle stops him

This is the courageous moment a mobile phone thief suspect is stopped in his tracks by a rugby tackle from a bystander, followed by a woman applying a chokehold to prevent his escape.

Yesterday, social media footage shows an unidentified person sprinting up St Thomas Street near Borough Market in London.

However, the suspect, who was dressed in black and wore a baseball cap and surgical mask to conceal his face, was met by Londoners who acted like heroes.

As background shouts of “trip him up” can be heard, a witness steps off the sidewalk and rugby tackles the alleged robber into traffic barriers.

The guy pleads, “Please my neck, please my neck,” as a middle-aged woman performs a chokehold to prevent his escape. Let me sit up. I am unable to breathe.

Another man attempts to calm the irrational suspect as confused bystanders inquire as to what is occurring.

Several witnesses can be heard yelling, “Call the police,” while one says, “That’s what happens when you rob people.”

This is the courageous moment a suspect in a mobile phone heist is halted in his tracks by a rugby tackle from a bystander, before a woman uses a chokehold to prevent him from escaping.

Yesterday, social media footage shows an unidentified person sprinting up St Thomas Street near Borough Market in London.

However, the suspect, who was dressed in all black with a baseball cap and surgical mask covering his face, was met by heroic Londoners.

Several witnesses can be heard yelling, “Call the police,” while one says, “That’s what happens when you rob people.”