Disabled Littlehampton woman left high and dry by car theft

A DISABLED woman could only look on in horror as she watched her car, and lifeline, be driven away.

Lyn Dyer has severe back problems and can walk only short distances with the aid of a stick, but cruel thieves took her Ford Fiesta from a disabled bay outside her house in Manning Road, Wick.

"I am now stuck in the house," she said, "I can't even get to the shops, because I can't walk that far.

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"I just want to know what kind of person does such a thing. There was a disabled badge in the window, and everyone around here knows the situation I am in."

She said that she heard a noise outside her house at about 9.30am last Tuesday (August 4), and got to her window in time to see the blue car driven off.

"It's not like I could chase after them, but I was calling 999 by the time they got to the end of the road," she said.

"These people have no conscience and no respect '” if they can pick a disabled person's car, how low is that?

"I just cannot believe it."

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The car, which had Lyn's walking stick in the back, was found severely damaged in Bognor the following morning.

"It looks like someone has reversed it into a brick wall," she said.

"I was very grateful to the police for bringing my stick back, because without it I can't even walk around the house."

Anyone with information should call Littlehampton police on 0845 60 70 999.

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