Billi Mucklow and Andy Carroll claim a thief stole her phone from their little girl's hands.
The former Newcastle footballer said his daughter Marvel, two, was sitting in her pushchair with Billi's phone. He said the youngster started screaming when a woman "ripped" the phone out of her hands and ran off.
The striker said the incident happened when they were at the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, London, on Sunday afternoon.
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Andy, who now plays for Reading, tweeted: "Some absolute scumbag women just ripped @BilliMucklow phone out of our babies hand in Westfield Stratford. Marvel was sitting in her pushchair and started screaming when the women attacked and ran off!!!"
Mirror Online reports how the 34-year-old TOWIE star Billi took to Instagram to describe the incident and said she felt "sick to her stomach".
She told fans in her InstaStory: "Marvel was sitting in her pram watching my phone, some dirty scumbag grabbed my phone she screamed crying "Lady took my phone".
"I looked up to see someone running off she was screaming they obviously grabbed it from her and she was wouldn't let go and they must have snatched it out her hands."
Billi went on: "How dare someone touch my baby. I've never felt so sick to my stomach that someone had gone near her couldn't give a f**k about my phone."
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police told the Mirror: "We have received a report of a theft that is alleged to have occurred at Westfield Stratford City on the afternoon of Sunday, 12 March. There have been no arrests and enquiries are ongoing."
The Mirror has contacted Westfield shopping centre for comment.
Andy and Billi married in May last year and honeymooned in Mexico. The couple are parents to Arlo, Wolf, and Marvel, and Billi is a stepmother to Andy's older children Emilie and Lucas.
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