Wheelchair User Shaken By Robbery Attempt In Londonderry
December 2, 2009
A young Londonderry woman with spina bifida has said she won’t go into the city centre on her own again after an attempt was made to steal her handbag.
The 23-year-old was in her wheelchair outside the Richmond Centre on Monday afternoon when a young man tried to snatch the bag.
“I actually thought I’d run over my bag and it was caught in the wheels or something,” she said.
“It wasn’t until I turned round that I saw he had the handle in his hand.”
She added: “There was four or five of them – I’m not actually sure, but there was a group of them – they were about in their early 20s.
“I just said ‘Oi’ like you do and they laughed and ran up the road.”
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