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| Thieves steal four-year-old's wheelchair and Christmas presents | Thieves steal four-year-old's wheelchair and Christmas presents |
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| A girl with cerebral palsy has "had her Christmas stolen" after burglars stole her wheelchair and presents, leaving her housebound and "heartbroken". | |
| The chair, a grey Ford Kuga car it was inside, presents and money were taken during a break-in on King George Crescent, Warrington on Saturday night. | The chair, a grey Ford Kuga car it was inside, presents and money were taken during a break-in on King George Crescent, Warrington on Saturday night. |
| Cheshire Police said it meant four-year-old Lydia, who also has hydrocephalus, "cannot get out". | Cheshire Police said it meant four-year-old Lydia, who also has hydrocephalus, "cannot get out". |
| Lydia's mother Sarah Cooper said: "It is a kick in the teeth for Lydia." | |
| She added the burglars had "stolen Christmas". | |
| Ms Cooper said: "They could have kept the car just leave Lydia's chair and helmet alone. | |
| "It is just very, very unfair - I feel so angry and upset." | |
| Det Con Vicky Goodwin said the burglars had been "callous and heartless". | Det Con Vicky Goodwin said the burglars had been "callous and heartless". |
| "Burglary is a traumatic event in most people's lives - in this case, it is compounded by the fact this family will have no presents for Christmas and won't be able to get around without the wheelchair," she said. | "Burglary is a traumatic event in most people's lives - in this case, it is compounded by the fact this family will have no presents for Christmas and won't be able to get around without the wheelchair," she said. |
| "To think this little girl has had her Christmas ruined is such a shame. Whoever committed this is callous and heartless." | "To think this little girl has had her Christmas ruined is such a shame. Whoever committed this is callous and heartless." |
| She said the family, who were asleep upstairs during the break-in, only cared about getting the chair back, adding that it was a "shocking pink" custom-made Action Junior wheelchair which had taken "months to get". | She said the family, who were asleep upstairs during the break-in, only cared about getting the chair back, adding that it was a "shocking pink" custom-made Action Junior wheelchair which had taken "months to get". |