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Evening Standard
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Rebecca Speare-Cole

Strictly Come Dancing’s Pasha Kovalev robbed by moped thugs outside north London theatre

Pasha Kovalev with his partner and fellow Strictly contestant, Rachel Riley. (Picture: Getty Images)

Strictly Come Dancing star Pasha Kovalev was reportedly left shaken after his mobile was snatched by moped thugs outside a theatre in north London.

The 39-year-old was outside Sadler’s Wells theatre on Roseberry Avenue in Islington when two people drove at him and snatched the phone on Thursday night, according to the Sun.

He was leaving the theatre after watching his fellow Strictly Come Dancing stars, Katya and Neil Jones’s show, called Somnium: A Dancer's Dream.

A source told the newspaper: “Two people drove at him aggressively. They mounted the pavement and his phone was gone in a flash.

“He was shaking and very upset. The phone had lots of images on it.”

Rachel Riley and Pasha Kovalev (BBC)

A source also said: “One second he was outside on the phone, the next moment the moped pair drove at him aggressively and totally disorientated him."

The Met Police confirmed that officers were called to Roseberry Avenue at 22.11pm on Thursday.

A spokesman said: “It is alleged that two men on mopeds stole a phone from a man as he walked down the road.

“No arrests have been made; enquiries continue.”

Mr Kovalev's representatives declined to comment.

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