Algerian gang were behind £5m of phone robberies in London

A gang of Algerians got pickpockets and ride-by thieves to steal £5m worth of phones for them in a 14 month crime spree, a court heard. At least 5,380 phones were handled by Zakaria Sanidjki, 31, Riyadh Mamouni, 25, Nazih Cheraitia, 31 and Ahmed Belhanafi, 25. But they were careful not to take the phones themselves and only bought them from the thieves and muggers to sell them on all over the world. Many went to China and third world…