Moment brazen thief ‘swipes influencer's designer handbag from under her feet' as she chats with sister at restaurant
Grace Beverley, 28, was locked in conversation with her sister at Zephyr in Notting Hill, west London, when her designer Chanel bag was allegedly swiped.
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This is the moment the alleged thief nicked the influencer's vintage handbag
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The man had been circling the pair before he sat down next to them
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He appears to pretend to reorganise his bags before allegedly swiping the handbag and casually placing it into a white tote bag
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The influencer and business founder opened up about her experience on TikTok
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Business owner Grace - who founded multi-million pound activewear brand TALA - had wedged the bag between her legs as she and her sister talked about "juicy gossip".
Shocking CCTV footage shows the alleged thief circling around the unsuspecting pair several times before sitting down on the table behind them.
He then appears to pretend to reorganise his bags before allegedly swiping the handbag and casually placing it into a white
tote
bag.
Once Grace's bag is secure, he strolls off down the street just seconds later.
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She explained: "I feel like I'm so observant and really, really careful with my bag and phone in London.
"But my whole bag just got robbed from between my feet at a restaurant. I was at Zephyr in Notting Hill, I was sat outside.
"My whole bag, my bag was between my feet, squeezed between my feet and this man managed to get the whole thing.
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"Me and my sister were talking about juicy gossip so I feel like that did get in the way but can you believe?
"My entire bag, my brand new, first ever vintage Chanel is dead."
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Grace is also the founder and CEO of fitness brand Shreddy, which sells sports kits and sports nutrition products.
She started growing her GraceFitUK social media accounts on YouTube and Instagram at the age of 18.
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After graduating from her music degree at St Peter's College in
Oxford
, she founded TALA.
The brand is now worth over £8 million and boats a flagship store in the capital.
Reacting to her video, her followers were equally shocked by the crook's swift swipe and his calculated method.
One said: "The fact that I can't tell how or when he did it."
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Another added: "Sorry this happened but thanks for sharing an example of what to look out for.
"A person with too much stuff, kind of struggling with their bags just generates eye-rolls from people.
"Yet it's the perfect camouflage for grabbing more stuff."
It comes just weeks after another thief, who nicked a Bridgerton star's phone, was jailed for 22 months.
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CCTV footage showed the moment
Zacariah Boulares, 18,
from unsuspecting Genevieve Chenneour in a
coffee
shop in Kensington, south west
London
.
Genevieve, 27, attempted to stop the teenager escaping during the daylight mugging in a Joe & The Juice branch in February.
The brave actress, who played Clara
Livingston
in the third season of the Netflix period drama, grabbed Boulares' shoulder after she realised her phone had been taken.
She tackled the serial thief to the ground with the help of then boyfriend, scriptwriter Carlo Kureishi, who was assaulted and warned he would be stabbed by the teen.
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Former professional athlete Genevieve managed to take her phone back from Boulares before repeatedly hitting him with it during the ordeal in the posh cafe.
Speaking on the theft, the Yorkshire-born Netflix star said: "They didn't expect me to stand up for myself, but I did."
In her victim impact statement, the actress said she was "extremely shaken" and could not stop playing out the incident in her head.
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The TALA founder had always considered herself to be careful with her bag and phone in London
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Grace's followers were equally shocked by the crook's swift swipe and his calculated method
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