At the end of the call, the handler asks McSweeney to send in info about the phone including IMEI and any "tracking details". The Met hasn't said if it received that

If it didn't, there was no way of investigating the theft with an incorrect location, no known CCTV and this suspect description

March 25, 2026 - 12:00 UTC

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The Met says they made by phone made 2 attempts to phone McSweeney the next day but there was no answer

They "conducted a review of any available CCTV cameras in the area which didn’t identify any realistic lines of enquiry," but are now revisiting that with the correct location
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The Met has clarified that McSweeney did not provide his phone's IMEI number or the tracking details requested by the police, after saying he did have "a tracker"

That means they couldn't track where it went next, and if even if they recovered it they wouldn't be able to identify it
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