Saturday 27 July 2002(posted 7941 days ago)Aitken girl hits back
(Filed: 27/07/2002)Alexandra Aitken, the daughter of Jonathan Aitken, drew on her talent as a schoolgirl sprinting champion to chase a gang of teenage muggers.
She was robbed of her bag and mobile phone by four youths while near her home in Kennington, south London.
The 22-year-old actress daughter of the former Cabinet minister who was jailed for perjury ran after the teenagers, caught up with them and retrieved her bag but not the phone.
"They were definitely more hurt than I was and definitely more scared of me than I was of them. Still, it was a bit stupid of me."
A 17-year-old student was charged yesterday with robbing Miss Aitken of her mobile phone.
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