A yob who stole a mobile phone from a man who lay dying in the street shouted and swore outside a court appearance. Scott Stephenson is due to be jailed for stealing a phone from a man he found collapsed in the street in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. He unleashed an extraordinary expletive-filled rant outside court this week after he was re-bailed for sentence following his failure to turn up to a previous hearing. Scott Stephenson shouted and swore outside court after he was bailed ahead of his sentencing for a theft in which he stole a phone from a man dying of hypothermia . Stephenson was due to be sentenced for the offence, but failed to turn up to a previous court hearing . Scott Stephenson had been due to be jailed for the incident after admitting theft, but he skipped bail until he was arrested and sent back to court. The 19-year-old, from South Shields,  rifled through his 22-year-old unnamed victim's pockets and made off with the iPhone 4. His victim had tripped and fallen unconscious on the cold December day. Stephenson and friend Dale Walker, 25, found him but - instead of calling for help - took his phone and abandoned the man. The next morning the victim's body was discovered close to a playground, and a post mortem examination revealed he had died from hypothermia during the cold December night. Stephenson found the man lying on the floor on a cold December evening but instead of calling for help he and friend stole the man's iPhone . Members of the public looked on in horror during the extraordinary outburst near Newcastle Crown Court . Stephenson made rude gestures outside South Tyneside Magistrates when he appeared last month to plead guilty to theft and Walker admitted handling stolen goods. Appearing before Newcastle Crown Court on Tuesday, Stephenson made similar gestures as he stood on the street where members of the public were eating lunch. He was seized on Monday after a warrant was issued for his arrest when his failure to appear left his co-defendant sitting in the dock alone and his victim's family in anguish. He was re-bailed for the sentence - which will be arranged for a later date after a pre-sentence report has been prepared.
Scott Stephenson went through the pockets of man dying from the cold . He was due to be sentenced for theft but failed to turn up to court . At hearing today, 19-year-old was bailed again before sentencing . Outside court, he shouted and swore in front of nearby diners .