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Police are hunting this heartless thief who stole a disabled man’s mobility scooter from his home.

The hooded crook broke into the property in Cradley Heath, West Mids, and fled on the £2,000 machine.

West Midlands Police released CCTV showing the suspect fleeing the scene on the grey mobility scooter.

They are appealing for witnesses or anyone who knows the man behind the theft in March to come forward.

Det Con Cheryl Jones said: “This is a very upsetting case as one person’s thoughtless crime as left the victim housebound and deeply distressed.

“The owner relied heavily on his mobility scooter to get about after a failed operation last year and this is a new, devastating blow for him.

“To know someone has been in his home is bad enough, but for the intruder to be so heartless as to steal his only means of getting about is just unthinkable.”