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An independent advisor on crime says the mobile phone industry needs to be compelled by law to make handsets less attractive to thieves.

Tom Gash, author of Criminal: The Truth About Why People Do Bad Things, tells Radio 4's PM programme
that "the industry will take some action itself but it won't do much without a very strong push from government, from insurers and from consumers themselves".

(Photo: Drawing of thief stealing data from mobile phone Credit: iStock )