GMB's Noel Phillips 'shaken' after chasing down mugger who 'spat on him' in horror attack

05.09.2022 - 16:19 / ok.co.uk

Noel Phillips has revealed he was "mugged, racially assaulted, and spat on" in central London over the weekend. Good Morning Britain North America correspondent Noel took to his Twitter account to detail the horror incident, explaining to his 6,768 followers that he was left "shaken" by what happened.The TV star shared a snap of two police officers on an unnamed individual on the ground, over which he wrote: "I was mugged, racially assaulted, and spat on yesterday on a busy street in central London. I’m ok.

Just shaken." He then shared his gratitude to the police as he added: "Thanks to Sgt Clark & PC Busson from @metpoliceuk Euston town centre team for helping me catch and detain the ruthless thief." Noel added in the comments section that he chased the thief due to the adrenalin he felt at the time as he wrote: "Thanks for all your messages. I know in hindsight I probably should not have chased my attacker - but adrenaline got the best of me. "I’m really grateful though to the officers who happened to be driving along and came to my rescue.

London is a beautiful city. Hate will never win." Metropolitan Police have since shared a statement with OK!, confirming that officers were alerted to the incident and intervened on Saturday 3 September. The statement read: "A teenager has been arrested after officers on patrol in central London intervened following a robbery.

At approximately 02:15hrs on Saturday, 3 September, officers on patrol in New Oxford Street, WC1 were alerted to the incident. "A 17-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of robbery and for a racially aggravated public order offence after comments were made. He was subsequently bailed pending further enquiries." It concluded: "The man who was robbed was not