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Furious Love Island star robbed on the train as thief takes his designer bag with ‘everything important’ in it

It came after he made a shock return to the villa last year

A LOVE Island alum was left fuming after his designer luggage with "everything important in it" was swiped from a train.

The ITV2 star took to Instagram to rant about the shock crime, which came on a journey towards Milton Keynes, claiming it took a "split second" for his belongings to be stolen.

Love Island logo with gold glitter heart on beach.
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A Love Island favourite has revealed he was victim to a shock crime on a train
Wes Nelson performing at Reading Festival.
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Wes Nelson - who has now carved out a music career - had his designer bag swipedCredit: Getty
Photo of text describing a stolen bag on a train.
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The 26-year-old posted an angry rant on InstagramCredit: Instagram

Luckily music star Wes Nelson had taken his MacBook laptop from his bag before the thief struck.

The Staffordshire-born singer, 26, appeared in the fourth Love Island season back in 2018.

He used his platform to build his music career and released debut single Say Nothing five years ago.

His new tracks - as yet not heard by fans - have remained in tact amid the ordeal.

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Wes posted an image of his dark train table onto social media with the stark words: "My LV [Louis Vuitton] bag was just stolen on the train just as we stopped at Milton Keynes.

"Had everything important in it.

"I'm lucky I took my MacBook out before the journey. All my music would have been GONE.

"Anyway just a heads up, it took a split second to look away and that s**t was gone."

He finished off his understandably angry message with the words: "Rats everywhere."

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In his second Instagram slide, Wes posted an image showing his swanky luggage in the overhead rack.

Yet the Nice To Meet Ya hitmaker scrawled a green arrow towards the bag as he attempted to figure out how the mishap happened.

Wes told fans: "Just clocked in this pic I sent earlier.

"The bag has been pulled waaaay back to the seat behind me, the guy must have been slowly sliding it backwards whenever I looked down.

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"Then quickly dipped at the first stop."

He added: "You know what's mad, you always think there's no way this s**t gonna happen to me without noticing first. But here we are S**t.

"Also this is the first time I've ever used the overhead storage. Never again."

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Previously, Wes told how he has become a millionaire after his Love Island fame.

Back in 2020, he signed a record deal with music industry juggernauts EMI Records, calling it a "pinch myself moment."

At the time, he told The Sun: "It’s something I’ve wanted to do my entire life.

"I think it’s that stamp of approval to say ‘yep, you’re a professional singer now’.

"For me, it’s most definitely my biggest achievement in my entire life."

He added: "My niche is I can switch a lot of things up in my songs so everyone that listens to it says ‘you sound like three different people’.

"I’m trying to vary every single song that I do and trying to make everything a bit different to what’s currently out there."

It was his time on the X Factor as part of Love Island group No Love Lost that kickstarted his transition from TV star to singer.

Last year, he was first to tell us what is on his "weird" tour rider.

Wes has had sold out tours, a top three record in debut track See Nobody.

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He has also collaborated with his favourite artist, Craig David.

The duo even performed track Abracadabra in the Love Island villa in 2024.

Photo of a person's curly hair and arm next to an overhead airplane storage compartment with a bag pulled back.
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Wes then uploaded an image of his bag moved on the overhead rack and told how it had been pulled 'way back'Credit: instagram
Wes from Love Island taking a lie detector test.
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He starred on Love Island's fourth instalmentCredit: ITV
Craig David and Wes Nelson at TRNSMT festival.
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He recorded track Abracadabra with his favourite artist Craig David before they performed in the Love Island villa
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