[EXPRESS.CO.UK] Mikaela Kellner was working on her tan in the Rålambshov park in Stockholm when a suspicious man, claiming to be selling magazines for charity, approached them. When they said they weren’t interested but he wouldn’t leave them alone, Ms Kellner suspected something was wrong, but eventually he took the hint and walked away.
She said: “As soon as he left one of my friends said 'where did my mobile phone go?’
“There was no time, so I ran after him, maybe 15 metres or so. One of my friends is also a police officer, so we got hold of him. He tried to get away so we held onto him harder.
“I just acted on instinct and didn't think about it so much until after we had pinned him down. When I sat there I looked over at our other two friends who are not police officers and realised that it probably looked pretty funny.
“But I would have stepped in no matter my outfit.”
The man had cleverly grabbed the phone by covering his hands with the magazine covers.
Ms Kellner now wants to use her newfound fame to warn others about the threat of such brazen thieves.
I like the cut of Mikaela's jib.