The daughter of former England footballer Paul Gascoigne was mugged in broad daylight by a gang of hoodies.
Bianca Gascoigne, 28, was surrounded by eight thugs on bicycles as she spoke on her mobile in Marylebone, central London.
They snatched the phone and also tried to steal her handbag, but she managed to hang on to it.
Ms Gascogine, who now runs the Gaslight Club in central London, was left in tears following the incident on Tuesday afternoon and branded her assailants “lowlifes”.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Beautiful day shame it just got ruined by being robbed! Got ambushed by a bunch of lowlifes on bikes if u need to contact me email or DM me— B (@BiancaGascoigne) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BiancaGascoigne/status/588009402369703937" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-65226-https://twitter.com/BiancaGascoigne/status/588009402369703937" data-vars-event-id="c23">April 14, 2015</a>
She said on Twitter: “Beautiful day shame it just got ruined by being robbed.
“Got ambushed by a bunch of lowlifes on bikes. if u need to contact me email or DM me.”
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “Police were informed of the theft of a mobile phone, which happened at about 3.45 on Tuesday in Wimpole Road, Marylebone. An appointment has been made to speak to the victim.”
