Theft
Yesterday morning my 93 year old mother was taking in her milk from the front doorstep at about 6.30 am when a man appeared behind her and said that he could smell burning. He ran down to the kitchen, looked around and came back up to the hallway saying that there was no fire. He was talking to her about how nice her grandfather clock was, then talked about how her carer would need her disabled badges when she came. This was obviously to distract her attention. He then left. After he had gone mum realised that he had taken her money, debit card and credit card. Her handbag had been sitting on the stairlift beside the clock as she had just come down from her bedroom. She lives alone and is very independent and astute although she does need some professional care along with myself and my sister visiting on most days. She was extremely shaken and scared, awful, heartbreaking.I want to warn residents of the area around Galveston Road and further afield of this despicable character who in my mind must have been watching to see her routine.He was white, mid twenties, quite tall and thin with a London accent. He was dressed in black but no hoodie and wore red shoes, could have been trainers.Mum called the police who were really supportive and put out an immediate search but unfortunately later closed the case as they hadn’t found him.This must be everyone’s worst nightmare, a lovely old lady being abused by someone so evil.We are now, of course, putting in extra security measures to protect our wonderful mum.Please don’t let this happen to anyone else. I realise how lucky she was not to have been physically hurt but in reality, not lucky at all.
Angela Dolan ● 2743d13 Comments