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A thief concocted an elaborate ploy to steal his “ex-boyfriend’s” mobile phone and then harassed him for months afterwards. Scott Mitchell went to his victim’s home inGillingham and said his mother was coming over to lend him money. He then asked the victim – who the prosecution said was his ex-lover – to make them all a coffee. But when he went into the kitchen, dishonest Mitchell legged it with his £500 Samsung Note phone. The 30-year-old then went on to pester and harass the man for about two months between May and July last year by turning up at his home unannounced and leaving him notes. …