A DISABLED woman has been left housebound after her mobility scooter was stolen.
Arthritic Susan Feasey, who had been reliant on the scooter following knee replacement surgery, has appealed through the Advertiser for it to be returned.
"If you are reading this and you took my scooter, leave it somewhere it can easily be found – it's no good to you but it's everything to me," said Ms Feasey.
The 50-year-old lives on the first floor of a block of flats in Silchester Court, Thornton Heath.
Last Friday she left the scooter in a ground-floor communal area after discovering the lift was out of order. The following morning it was gone.
"I can't believe someone would be so low," said Ms Feasey. "I have lived here about a year and before all this I felt safe and secure.
"I only hope it has been taken by kids who haven't thought about the consequences of their actions.
"It's my freedom and I can't do anything without it,"
The scooter was given to Susan by her family in December as a present for her 50th birthday.
"I looked after my mum a lot when she was ill – it was their way of saying thank you," she said. "I used to rent a scooter so this is the first one I've owned. I love it."
Ms Feasey has arthritis, spinal problems and, in January she had knee replacement surgery, leaving her unable to walk more than a few steps at a time and utterly reliant on her scooter for independence.
"It allows me to get out of the house, to visit my daughter in Portsmouth and to live a normal life," she said. "Luckily my friends have offered to do the shopping for me but in the long term I don't know what I will do."
The electric scooter cost about £500. Ms Feasey cannot afford to replace it but, without keys or the battery charger, it is worthless to whoever took it.
"I've reported it to the police," she said. "They were sweet. The young man who visited seemed to think they would find it because they don't have the key or charger.
"That's why I want people to look out for it."
Anyone with information should call police on 101.
