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A disabled woman from Ashton-on-Ribble has been left without the vehicle she uses to get around the city.
29-year-old Cassandra Helen says her £46,000 specially adapted Ford Transit was taken from Preston Golf Club.
Cassandra says the vehicle was taken from the golf club in Fulwood Hall Lane sometime between 26 May and 31 May.
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She told Blog Preston: “I’ve not slept properly since my van was stolen.
“Others might think it’s just a van but they don’t understand, this is my lifeline.
“Without this, I am housebound and totally reliant on other people and accessible taxis to get me anywhere.
“I’ve already lost so much of my life to my disability and when I got the van in 2020 I got a portion of my life back.
“To have to go back to how I was living back then is soul destroying.
“I just don’t know how somebody could take such a vital piece of equipment and how the police can just stand by and watch it happen.”
Cassandra says she has traced the van – via online tools – to an industrial estate in Greater Manchester and reported this also to Greater Manchester Police as well as Lancashire Police.
Preston Police say they were called on 31 May about the theft and anyone who witnessed the theft or who has information should call police on 101 quoting log 0512 of 31 May 2024.
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