Second Strictly star reveals he was mugged in London just days before dancer was left traumatised
COMEDIAN Sean Walsh has revealed he is the second Strictly Come Dancing star to get mugged.
The funnyman, 39, took to Instagram to reveal his ordeal which also happened in London.
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Seann Walsh has revealed he has been mugged in central London
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Seann was on Strictly in 2018 and was partnered with Katya Jones
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The comedian revealed his phone had been snatched out of his hand
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It comes days after Michelle Tsiakkas revealed she had been mugged in London
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The Strictly star - who appeared on the show in 2018 - revealed he had been the victim of a mugging in the capital.
Taking to his Instagram Stories,
He shared a picture of his phone's location, which was in China.
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He famously was embroiled in "kiss-gate" after
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It comes just days after Strictly's Michelle Tsiakkas was left "traumatised" after also being mugged in London.
Pro dancer
The Strictly star - who joined the show three years ago - took to Instagram to share the terrifying incident.
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Addressing her fans in a video, she said: "Hi guys, so I wanted to just make this video to let you know something that happened to me the other day in London.
"Now this was a couple of days ago and I've just about mentally recovered from that. It was quite traumatising on the day.
Strictly star 'traumatised' after being mugged in central London, saying 'I felt scared and helpless'
"It wasted my whole day and made me feel awful, scared, helpless and I don't want the same to happen to you.
"My phone got stolen. My phone got stolen. I mean I see it happening all the time but it's just one of those things that you just never think it's gonna happen to you. and then it does."
Recounting the story, Michelle said: "So it was early morning. I was on my way to the dentist in London.
"It was around Covent Garden so the streets were really quiet. I think I was just the only person around so maybe I was an easy
target
and I whipped out my phone to have a look at the directions to see where my dentist was.
"I was on the actual street of the dentist and what happens?
A man comes on a bike behind me, sweeps past me and grabs my phone.
"So he's grabbed my phone. He's on an electric bike and my heart just sank. I tried to I think like reach for it and that made me fall on my knees on the floor and graze my knee.
"I think my reflex was just to swear and then scream give me back my phone and clearly you know that didn't work.
"He just left. He was wearing a mask so there was no way that I could have seen what he looked like and he was going really fast on that electric bike so there was no way on
earth
I could have caught up with him.
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Michelle said she was left 'traumatised'
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"Thankfully there were two really lovely and helpful women there and they'd seen that I was a bit distressed."
Michelle captioned the video with: "Warning ⚠️ This can happen to you in Central London.
"Be aware and be very careful. Phone theft is happening more and more and it seems like
crime
in the city is getting worse …
"Has something like this ever happened to you?"
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