Disabled child's bike stolen from Putney garden

Specially adapted trike snatched from Roedean Crescent

Police are appealing for witnesses and information following the theft of a specially adapted bicycle for a child suffering from cerebral palsy, from the back garden of a house in Roedean Crescent, Putney on 15.07.05 between 5-6pm.

The 45-year-old father of the child was out of the house between those hours and on returning home, he discovered that someone had accessed his back garden through the gate and stolen two of their bikes.

The specially adapted bike for his son is a blue tricycle with a raised back to the seat. The 12-year-old child is very upset, and his father is anxious for any information to help police get the bike back.

The other bike was a man's touring bike.

July 20, 2006