Gamer helps catch man who took phone call from probation officer during robbery

An armed robber who took a phone call from his probation officer during a flat raid was caught after the robbery was broadcast to a gamer 25 miles away who was playing an online X-Box game with one of his victims, police in England have said.

Gamer helps catch man who took phone call from probation officer during robbery

An armed robber who took a phone call from his probation officer during a flat raid was caught after the robbery was broadcast to a gamer 25 miles away who was playing an online X-Box game with one of his victims, police in England have said.

Jay Georgiou, 19, and an accomplice burst in and threatened three men on the trio at their home in Eastbourne, East Sussex on April 1 while one of them was playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 with a friend in Brighton.

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