- Thieves struck as footballer was travelling home from West Ham training ground
- The gang surrounded the 6ft5in goalkeeper on two mopeds as he got into his car
- It comes just weeks after Hart’s £100,000 Range Rover was stolen from outside his Cheshire home
The three thieves struck near Romford, Essex, as the 30-year-old footballer was travelling home from West Ham’s training ground
England goalkeeper Joe Hart has been robbed of his wallet and phone by a gang of moped thugs as he filled up his car at a petrol station.
The three thieves struck near Romford, Essex, as the 30-year-old footballer was travelling home from West Ham’s training ground.
The gang surrounded the 6ft5in goalkeeper on two mopeds as he got into his car before swiping his phone, watch and wallet.
It comes just weeks after Hart’s £100,000 Range Rover was stolen from outside his Cheshire home.
The player – who is on loan from Manchester City – is thought to have not long returned from Lithuania with the England World Cup squad when the moped strike took place.
A source told The Sun: ‘Joe wasn’t hurt but he was pretty shaken up. He’s a big powerful guy and it took some nerve to rob him.
‘If it can happen to the safest pair of hands in England it can happen to anyone.
‘He is relieved that he didn’t come to any serious harm.’
Last month a biker was jailed for 11 years for trying to rob Andy Carroll’s £22,000 wristwatch.
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The player – who is on loan from Manchester City – is thought to have not long returned from Lithuania with the England World Cup squad when the moped strike took place
![A source told The Sun: 'Joe wasn't hurt but he was pretty shaken up. He's a big powerful guy and it took some nerve to rob him'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/10/21/00/458767E900000578-0-image-a-9_1508542131263.jpg)
A source told The Sun: ‘Joe wasn’t hurt but he was pretty shaken up. He’s a big powerful guy and it took some nerve to rob him’
Jack O’Brien, 22, attempted to steal from the player as he drove his Jeep Wrangler through Hainault, north-east London after leaving West Ham’s training ground.
In a victim impact statement Carroll, who believed the defendant had a gun, said he ‘feared for his life’ and now travels to and from training with security guards.
O’Brien, of Navarre Gardens, Romford, east London, was given a sentence of 11 years and three months for the attempted robbery on November 2 and a previous ‘campaign of burglaries’.