A family’s joy at having their daughter’s custom-built trike recovered by police has been ruined – by the theft of their three remaining bikes Published Date: 19 November 2010
By Bruce Smith – Yorkshire Evening Post
A family’s joy at having their daughter’s custom-built trike recovered by police has been ruined – by the theft of their three remaining bikes.
Just hours before hearing that her 13-year-old Coral’s vital three-wheel trike had been found, Vicky Shepherd and her partner Kier found the cycles belonging to him, Coral’s brother Joshua and stepbrother Evan stolen from the garden shed at their home in West Park, Leeds.
Now the family dare not collect the trike, vital to help Coral overcome balance problems caused by a brain tumour, until totally secure accommodation can be found for it.
Though the £600 charity-funded trike, found in woods near the West Park Centre, is still useable, a pearl blue bike belonging to Coral’s stepsister Angel and also stolen on Monday evening is still missing.
were about to set off for school.
Unlike Coral’s bike, which had been chained to Angel’s outside because it was too large to go in the shed, the black mountain bike belonging to Kier, Joshua’s silver Reebok cycle and Evan’s new four-week-old Reef mountain bike were stored inside.
As they came out, they were met with the sight of the shed lock forced, the door wide open and camping equipment scattered all over the lawn.
They were horrified to find the three bikes worth more than £250 had vanished.
“We just cannot believe it has happened again. All the children were in tears,” said Mrs Shepherd.
The custom-built trike had helped Coral begin to enjoy life again after undergoing life-saving surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
But now she can’t go out biking with her family and the trike will be retained by Weetwood Police until safe storage for it can be found.
A spokesman for North West Police confirmed they were investigating the latest thefts and appealed for anyone with information to ring them on 0113 205 3025.
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By Bruce Smith – Yorkshire Evening Post
A family’s joy at having their daughter’s custom-built trike recovered by police has been ruined – by the theft of their three remaining bikes.
Just hours before hearing that her 13-year-old Coral’s vital three-wheel trike had been found, Vicky Shepherd and her partner Kier found the cycles belonging to him, Coral’s brother Joshua and stepbrother Evan stolen from the garden shed at their home in West Park, Leeds.
Now the family dare not collect the trike, vital to help Coral overcome balance problems caused by a brain tumour, until totally secure accommodation can be found for it.
Though the £600 charity-funded trike, found in woods near the West Park Centre, is still useable, a pearl blue bike belonging to Coral’s stepsister Angel and also stolen on Monday evening is still missing.
“As they came out, they were met with the sight of the shed lock forced, the door wide open and camping equipment scattered all over the lawn”.
The family discovered the break-in on Thursday morning as the childrenwere about to set off for school.
Unlike Coral’s bike, which had been chained to Angel’s outside because it was too large to go in the shed, the black mountain bike belonging to Kier, Joshua’s silver Reebok cycle and Evan’s new four-week-old Reef mountain bike were stored inside.
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They were horrified to find the three bikes worth more than £250 had vanished.
“We just cannot believe it has happened again. All the children were in tears,” said Mrs Shepherd.
The custom-built trike had helped Coral begin to enjoy life again after undergoing life-saving surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
But now she can’t go out biking with her family and the trike will be retained by Weetwood Police until safe storage for it can be found.
A spokesman for North West Police confirmed they were investigating the latest thefts and appealed for anyone with information to ring them on 0113 205 3025.
Do you have a bike shed? If not check out Asgard Secure Bike Storage
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