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Shaun Wilson

Love Island's Wes Nelson is robbed for second time this year as star reveals he 'hates what London has become'

Wes Nelson has been the victim of theft for a second time this year - (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for War)

Love Island star Wes Nelson has blasted "what London has become" after revealing he has been robbed for a second time this year.

The reality TV personality, 27, says his golf bag and clubs were taken from him. It comes ten months after the theft of his Louis Vuitton bag on a London-bound train in January.

He wrote on Instagram: "My full golf bag/clubs etc have been stolen. I actually hate what London has become. Twice in a year. Cheers."

The singer, who hails from Staffordshire, shot to fame after he appeared in the fourth season of Love Island in 2018.

He told his 1.3 million followers on Instagram how he had been the victim of a theft on a train in January.

Wes wrote: "My LV [Louis Vuitton] bag was just stolen on the train just as we stopped at Milton Keynes.

"Had everything important in it. I'm lucky I took my MacBook out before the journey. All my music would have been GONE.

"Anyway just a heads up, it took a split second to look away and that s**t was gone. Rats everywhere."

Wes shared a picture of his luggage in the overhead storage, and observed that it had been "pulled way back" from him while he was looking away.

He added: "Just clocked in this pic I sent earlier. The bag has been pulled waaaay back to the seat behind me, the guy must have been slowly sliding it backwards whenever I looked down.

"Then quickly dipped at the first stop.

"You know what's mad, you always think there's no way this s**t gonna happen to me without noticing first. But here we are S**t.

"Also this is the first time I've ever used the overhead storage. Never again."

Latest figures show some 949,420 crimes were reported to the Met and City of London Police in the 12 months to June, with only the latter force seeing a year-on-year reduction of five per cent.

The city saw 101 homicides (down six per cent), 65,215 violence with injury offences (down 14 per cent), 27,344 sexual offences (up 11 per cent), 33,752 robberies (down four per cent), 465,085 thefts (down four per cent), 33,491 burglaries (down eight per cent) and 96,227 shoplifting reports (up 37 per cent).

Croydon (3,214) had the highest number of “violence with injuries” (ranging from actual bodily harm to life-threatening assaults) in year to June 2025, followed by Westminster (3,006), Lambeth (2,788), Newham 2,671), Brent 2,592, Greenwich (2,588), Lewisham (2,546), Southwark (2,532), Ealing (2,529) and Tower Hamlets (2,516).

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