A DISABLED woman was made to feel ‘left on her own’ by her landlords’ lack of help after her mobility scooter was stolen from outside her bungalow in Chippenham.

Rebecca Caygill, who suffered a stroke in 2013, was stuck in her house after her only mode of transport was taken during the night last month.

After having the stroke, Ms Caygill has very limited mobility and could not do anything without her trusty scooter.

Her partner, Richard Harford, could not believe someone would steal the scooter, worth more than £1,000, from the back garden.

He said: “Neither us or the police think we will be able to get the scooter back. It will probably just be taken apart which makes me sick.

“It still really upsets me that someone would steal a mobility scooter even though it wasn’t locked up. It must have been someone with no morals.

“Greensquare originally said they won’t help us make the bungalow more secure as it wasn’t really their fault. As our landlords it should be their responsibility to help us with this.

“The mobility scooter won’t fit inside the house so we have to leave it outside and Greensquare told us we should have thought about that before moving in.

“She now feels very limited. She can’t even go out and do the shopping without her scooter. She’s really upset about the whole situation.”

Ms Caygill is using a temporary replacement scooter lent by her insurance company and does not want to buy a new one until her Redlands house is made more secure.

Jan Morse, GreenSquare’s neighbourhoods operations manager, said: “We were sorry to hear that a mobility scooter has been stolen and understand the distress that this theft must have caused.

“Mobility scooters are left outside our properties at their owner’s risk, but we have been speaking with our customer and their family to see how we might be able to help.

“One of our team will visit to see if we can make improvements to the security ring already in place. If a suitable security chain is used to attach the scooter to this ring, we hope this will help our customers keep their new scooter safe.”

Wiltshire Bobby Van went out to the house after the theft and alerted the police.

Richard Harford said: “When I told them originally Greensquare wanted nothing to do with us. More recently they have actually been quite helpful. We spoke to a housing officer who said they would try their best to help us. They said they will see what they can do to make our bungalow more secure. They suggested fitting a clamp which would keep the scooter in place overnight.

“I don’t know why they have had such a change in attitude about helping us. We think it’s press interest that has kickstarted them, but it really shouldn’t have to come to that at all.”