SHOCKING video footage of a local high school pupil being robbed of his cellphone while waiting for his lift on Tuesday, 14 April has emerged.
The grade 8 pupil of Kingsway High is seen in the footage sitting outside the school gate at about 4.15pm.
He is playing on his cellphone while several cars exit the school gate. Pedestrians are seen walking up Umdoni Road, while the road is busy with after-school traffic.
A man seen walking down the road stops in front of the school entrance to seemingly pick up something from the ground.
The same man, however, then appears in the foreground a few seconds later, simply plucking the cell phone from the boy’s hands.
The boy frantically tried to wrestle it away from the thief, however he loses the struggle and is seen chasing after the man. Soon after, alerted by the sounds of his shouts, the pedestrians who had earlier walked up the road are seen running down to assist.
