Police Appealing For Help To Find Couple Who Stole Disabled Child’s Custom-Made Shoes
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Originally published by LDDA - The Liberal Democrat Disability Association
I really can't understand why anyone would want to steal disability equipment. What use is it to them?
Please share this everywhere in case anyone can help. I had similar shoes at one time and wouldn't have been able to walk in anything else.
The new black leather boots, which look like miniature Dr Martens, belong to a two-year-old girl from Colchester, Essex, who needed to have them made by a specialist in order to help her walk.
Police said a replacement pair would take four months to make as they released CCTV of a man and woman they want to speak to about the theft outside the main entrance to Colchester General Hospital.
Pc Steve Walsom said: "This is a despicable theft of brand new boots that will help a little girl who has a disability. Her parents are desperate to get the boots back and we would appeal to anyone with information to contact us urgently.
"The boots do look like fashionable little Dr Martens but would be of no use to any other wearers and could even cause harm to another child because of the special design."
After collecting the boots on August 1, the girl's father stopped to pay for parking, putting them on top of the pay machine before being distracted and walking away.
When the family went back to the machine they found that the boots were missing
The woman police want to speak to has long dark brown hair and was wearing a long mid-blue T-shirt and black trousers.
The man is described as having short hair and glasses, and was wearing a navy blue short-sleeved T-shirt with white stripes on the top of the sleeves and navy blue jogging bottoms.
Anyone with information should contact Pc Walsom at Colchester on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.