Shock moment TikTok star, 30, has phone swiped by balaclava-clad thief DURING live-stream – as camera keeps rolling
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THIS is the shocking moment a brazen phone thief snatches a TikTok star's mobile in the middle of a live-stream.
Fidel Artan, 30, was broadcasting his conversation to his 111,000 followers when a balaclava-clad man on an electric bike grabbed his iPhone 15 pro.
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Fidel can be seen joking with his pal moments before his phone is nabbed
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Viewers watch on as the thief makes a rapid getaway on an electric bike
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The masked yob accidentally turns the phone towards his face
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The content creator gave chase down London's Kensington High Street, where he had been sitting outside a restaurant eating dinner, but the thief had already gotten away.
Footage from the live feed shows the social media star chatting to his pal on camera before suddenly disappearing from view.
He can be heard shouting 'oi' as the man makes off with his £900 device.
For a split second, the culprit's masked face is seen on the video.
His baffled pal - who is still streaming - says, 'oh s*** his phone just got nabbed. No way' as the screen turns black.
Fidel told The Sun: 'It happened in a split second. A guy mounted the pavement on an electric bike.
"I'm not aware - I'm looking at my screen - and he's snatched my phone.
'By the time I got up to give chase, he was long gone.'
Fidel, who goes by the Tiktok handle fiddyworld, rushed home to Shepherd's Bush where he immediately cancelled his bank cards with an old phone.
He was also keen to let his concerned fans know he was unharmed.
The 30-year-old added: 'The live-stream went crazy and my poor friend was like 'what the hell's going on?'
'I had to quickly get back on live and let everyone know I was okay.'
He reported the crime to police later that night.
Officers told him 16 other people had had their phones snatched in west London the same evening.
The TikTok creator - who had come close to having his mobile stolen in the Notting Hill area just two days earlier - said the ordeal has now made him 'very vigilant'.
He added: 'I was pretty shocked. I never thought it would happen to me.
"It's made me very vigilant now - I'm gripping onto my phone all the time.
'And when I'm walking on the street now I'm always warning people to protect their phone, because they're not even aware of their surroundings.
'At the end of the day it's not the biggest issue - there's a lot of knife crime and materialistic stuff can be replaced - but it's very inconvenient and it shouldn't happen in London.
'London should be the safest place.'
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: 'At 22:54hrs on Monday, 12 May officers responded to reports of a phone being stolen on Kensington High Street.
'Officers spoke to the victim and followed all viable lines of enquiry.
"No arrests have been made at this stage.'
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The thief makes off with the iPhone 15 pro in a matter of seconds
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