broken britain when the disabled become easy targets
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:47 pm
welcome to a grumpy conundrumn....
whats the lowest of the low to steal from churches charites and the disabled as you can read with these 3 stories from the mirror
Heartless thieves stole a disabled boy’s £3,000 custom-made wheelchair during a burglary.
They took Archie Parmenter’s super-light royal blue titanium wheelchair along with other valuables when they broke into his home while Archie and his family was on holiday.
The 12-year-old suffers from cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties, the Manchester Evening News reports.
Because he struggles to walk even the shortest distances, his mother Sarah bought the wheelchair for her son three years ago instead of using a regular NHS wheelchair
With a donation from the Variety Club and after saving up, Sarah bought it from a specialist firm in Liverpool. It ‘transformed’ his life and ‘expanded his horizons It has large sports wheels with thick tyres which allows Archie to navigate rough terrain.
The wheelchair has allowed Archie to explore The Lakes, Cornwall and Guernsey. He is due to go on holiday to Tunisia in a fortnight - his first trip abroad - but will be severely restricted without his specialist wheelchair.
His younger brother George, six, used it to push his older sibling to school.
Single mother Sarah, 44, discovered the wheelchair, a 26in flat screen TV, a bicycle and rowing machine had been taken from the garage of her home in Smithills, Bolton, when she returned from a holiday in Cornwall.
The Manchester-based PR executive told the M.E.N. she hoped the thieves would return the chair.
She said: “I just think it’s so very disappointing. If everything had gone minus the wheelchair I wouldn’t have been bothered. I don’t place much value on those other things. But I just wish they had left it alone. It takes a certain kind of person to see what is clearly a child’s wheelchair and take it anyway.
Sarah has started a campaign on Facebook in a bid to get the wheelchair back. Sarah said the thieves would struggle to sell it locally as it would be recognised.
She added: “Archie is awfully confused about the furore going on about it and quite enjoying it at the same time. He does understand it’s been taken and says ‘why’s it gone?’ and ‘where’s it gone?’
“It’s so limiting if you stick to a normal wheelchair. You have to have one of these if you want your child to have the same opportunities as other children.
A spokesman for GMP appealed to the public to help return the wheelchair following the ‘despicable’ crime.
Police are hunting "despicable" thieves who stole a teenage cerebral palsy victim's leg splints - so they could pinch the trainers attached to them.
The lowlife crooks broke into a car belonging to 15-year-old Owen Clements' mother after spotting the splints on a back seat.
Owen believes the thieves were after his £88 Nike Air Max trainers - the second time they have stolen a pair from his splints.
He said: "We think they just wanted the trainers but they have taken much more. We just want the splints back because they were specially made for me.
"They are no use to anyone else, so please give them back. The theft has had a massive impact on my life because I can't really do anything without the splints "My life without them is extremely hard physically but I also hate not being able to do things."
Owen's mother Michelle, from Skegby, Notts, said: "He is devastated. It means he can't stand and he can't even walk with his walking frame.
"It's going to take seven weeks to get a new pair of splints made and in that time his muscles are going to deteriorate because he can't even do his physio "Recasting will take four weeks and then another three before the new splints are made. This is the second time they have been stolen.
"Last time they took the trainers but someone found the splints dumped in their garden so I would ask people to check their back gardens, especially if you live in the area."
Heartless thieves stole a Rolex watch from a dying pensioner - while doctors fought to save his life.
David Davies was brought by ambulance to St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex, during the early hours of August 7 suffering from a serious heart condition
While the 68-year-old, from Birdham, was being treated in the resuscitation area next to the A&E department, his £5,000 watch was taken. Mr Davies died shortly after he was brought in.
A search of the area and checks were made with the staff on duty but the watch could not be found, a force spokesman said.
The family say the loss of the watch - an heirloom that has been in the family for nearly 30 years - has only compounded their suffering.
Mr Davies' son John said: "As a family we are devastated at the loss of David and cannot believe that this has happened during our time of grief.
"We would appeal to anyone who has information about the missing watch to come forward.
"David dearly loved the watch and its loss has added to the stress and grief that the family are already going through."
The Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust extended its sympathy to the family and said the hospital was doing everything it could to help the police with their inquiries.
Detective Constable Mark Burgess said: "This is a silver Submariner Rolex, valued at some £5,000, but even more importantly, was treated as a family heirloom having been in the family since 1985.
"If you have any information about the theft, or if you have been offered such a watch locally since last Thursday, we would very much like to hear from you."
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so there you have 3 heartbreaking stories of some of the gutless spineless depths people will stoop to for money.
whats happened to society these days at one time you left school and went to work for a living ..well i did and life on benefits was not an option
i know things are tight with austerity cuts but surely this is scraping the bottom of the barrel people cannot be that hard up that they need to break into a car to get a pair of £88 trainers which will possibly sell for £20 or a specialist wheelchair which is only usefull to someone else disabled
have we part bred a society thats workshy takes drink and drugs and prefers to stay at home all day watching TV with a life on benefits the prefered option ?
or a society that wants to get rich quick either by the lottery, scratchcards or the compensation route via those ambulance chasing slugs no win no fee sue em for what you can.
the lazy who want to live a life of leisure but dont want to earn it or like parasites they are off the backs of the decent people who work long hours for a living.
although im not tarring everyone with the same brush theres those who are genuine claimants i have no problem with,
its those who wont have it and want to live this lifestyle that get up my jumper
whats the lowest of the low to steal from churches charites and the disabled as you can read with these 3 stories from the mirror
Heartless thieves stole a disabled boy’s £3,000 custom-made wheelchair during a burglary.
They took Archie Parmenter’s super-light royal blue titanium wheelchair along with other valuables when they broke into his home while Archie and his family was on holiday.
The 12-year-old suffers from cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties, the Manchester Evening News reports.
Because he struggles to walk even the shortest distances, his mother Sarah bought the wheelchair for her son three years ago instead of using a regular NHS wheelchair
With a donation from the Variety Club and after saving up, Sarah bought it from a specialist firm in Liverpool. It ‘transformed’ his life and ‘expanded his horizons It has large sports wheels with thick tyres which allows Archie to navigate rough terrain.
The wheelchair has allowed Archie to explore The Lakes, Cornwall and Guernsey. He is due to go on holiday to Tunisia in a fortnight - his first trip abroad - but will be severely restricted without his specialist wheelchair.
His younger brother George, six, used it to push his older sibling to school.
Single mother Sarah, 44, discovered the wheelchair, a 26in flat screen TV, a bicycle and rowing machine had been taken from the garage of her home in Smithills, Bolton, when she returned from a holiday in Cornwall.
The Manchester-based PR executive told the M.E.N. she hoped the thieves would return the chair.
She said: “I just think it’s so very disappointing. If everything had gone minus the wheelchair I wouldn’t have been bothered. I don’t place much value on those other things. But I just wish they had left it alone. It takes a certain kind of person to see what is clearly a child’s wheelchair and take it anyway.
Sarah has started a campaign on Facebook in a bid to get the wheelchair back. Sarah said the thieves would struggle to sell it locally as it would be recognised.
She added: “Archie is awfully confused about the furore going on about it and quite enjoying it at the same time. He does understand it’s been taken and says ‘why’s it gone?’ and ‘where’s it gone?’
“It’s so limiting if you stick to a normal wheelchair. You have to have one of these if you want your child to have the same opportunities as other children.
A spokesman for GMP appealed to the public to help return the wheelchair following the ‘despicable’ crime.
Police are hunting "despicable" thieves who stole a teenage cerebral palsy victim's leg splints - so they could pinch the trainers attached to them.
The lowlife crooks broke into a car belonging to 15-year-old Owen Clements' mother after spotting the splints on a back seat.
Owen believes the thieves were after his £88 Nike Air Max trainers - the second time they have stolen a pair from his splints.
He said: "We think they just wanted the trainers but they have taken much more. We just want the splints back because they were specially made for me.
"They are no use to anyone else, so please give them back. The theft has had a massive impact on my life because I can't really do anything without the splints "My life without them is extremely hard physically but I also hate not being able to do things."
Owen's mother Michelle, from Skegby, Notts, said: "He is devastated. It means he can't stand and he can't even walk with his walking frame.
"It's going to take seven weeks to get a new pair of splints made and in that time his muscles are going to deteriorate because he can't even do his physio "Recasting will take four weeks and then another three before the new splints are made. This is the second time they have been stolen.
"Last time they took the trainers but someone found the splints dumped in their garden so I would ask people to check their back gardens, especially if you live in the area."
Heartless thieves stole a Rolex watch from a dying pensioner - while doctors fought to save his life.
David Davies was brought by ambulance to St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex, during the early hours of August 7 suffering from a serious heart condition
While the 68-year-old, from Birdham, was being treated in the resuscitation area next to the A&E department, his £5,000 watch was taken. Mr Davies died shortly after he was brought in.
A search of the area and checks were made with the staff on duty but the watch could not be found, a force spokesman said.
The family say the loss of the watch - an heirloom that has been in the family for nearly 30 years - has only compounded their suffering.
Mr Davies' son John said: "As a family we are devastated at the loss of David and cannot believe that this has happened during our time of grief.
"We would appeal to anyone who has information about the missing watch to come forward.
"David dearly loved the watch and its loss has added to the stress and grief that the family are already going through."
The Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust extended its sympathy to the family and said the hospital was doing everything it could to help the police with their inquiries.
Detective Constable Mark Burgess said: "This is a silver Submariner Rolex, valued at some £5,000, but even more importantly, was treated as a family heirloom having been in the family since 1985.
"If you have any information about the theft, or if you have been offered such a watch locally since last Thursday, we would very much like to hear from you."
AAG
so there you have 3 heartbreaking stories of some of the gutless spineless depths people will stoop to for money.
whats happened to society these days at one time you left school and went to work for a living ..well i did and life on benefits was not an option
i know things are tight with austerity cuts but surely this is scraping the bottom of the barrel people cannot be that hard up that they need to break into a car to get a pair of £88 trainers which will possibly sell for £20 or a specialist wheelchair which is only usefull to someone else disabled
have we part bred a society thats workshy takes drink and drugs and prefers to stay at home all day watching TV with a life on benefits the prefered option ?
or a society that wants to get rich quick either by the lottery, scratchcards or the compensation route via those ambulance chasing slugs no win no fee sue em for what you can.
the lazy who want to live a life of leisure but dont want to earn it or like parasites they are off the backs of the decent people who work long hours for a living.
although im not tarring everyone with the same brush theres those who are genuine claimants i have no problem with,
its those who wont have it and want to live this lifestyle that get up my jumper