The crime was caught on CCTV at a restaurant in Norwood, Johannesburg, South Africa and the girl in question is reported to be aged seven.
In the video posted on YouTube a pair of women are seen dining in the centre of the restaurant.
All three sit down at the table and the two adult women engage in a discussion and then look over to the pair of women that are already eating their food.
One of the diners who has her back to the camera is sitting with her handbag between her and the chair.
The girl stops and holds on to the back of her chair before she leans over and dips into the open handbag with her right arm
She takes a few seconds to rummage around in the bag before withdrawing a white phone.
One of the thieves then speaks to the young girl who then gets up from the table and walks around the back of the diner’s chair.
The girl stops and holds on to the back of her chair before she leans over and dips into the open handbag with her right arm.
She takes a few seconds to rummage around in the bag before withdrawing a white phone.
The trio quickly get up from the table and leave the restaurant as the diners continue their dinner unaware that they had just been the victims of theft.
She slips back to the table under the watchful eye of the women and zips the phone into her hooded grey sweatshirt.
The trio quickly get up from the table and leave the restaurant as the diners continue their dinner unaware that they had just been the victims of theft.
The women featured in the video have not yet been identified.