Boy uses Twitter to help nab thief

LONDON - A boy in Britain helped catch a thief by clicking his photograph and posting it on Twitter.

Alex Wilson, 10, and his father Dylan were driving past when Craig Royal snatched an iPhone from a pedestrian, The Sun reported.

Alex clicked Royal’s photograph when he was fleeing and then posted the picture online.

The police, who identified and nabbed Royal, praised Alex’s “quick thinking”.