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A woman has told how she had her bag stolen as she started having a seizure while waiting for a train.

Jill Ferguson was making her way back from a day out with friends when she began to feel ill.

She was experiencing an epileptic aura – a warning sign that a seizure is about to occur – which caused her to feel confused and unaware of her surroundings.

But instead of coming to her aid, a thief snatched her tote containing a phone and other personal items.

Jill later collapsed on a Subway train leaving from Glasgow’s Buchanan Street station. Paramedics rushed to treat her before taking her away in an ambulance.

When the 42-year-old recovered, she was shocked to discover her bag was gone. British Transport Police have told Jill security cameras at the station recorded someone lifting it.

She said: “I’m so disappointed that somebody would target me when I was so vulnerable.

“I remember sitting on the steps at Buchanan Street station waiting on the train and I was surrounded by other people.

“I began to feel an aura. It makes me feel anxiety and panic and I can be confused. That’s the last memory I have before I woke up on the floor of the train.

“The worst part is that nothing in the bag was worth a lot of money so it won’t have been much use to whoever took it. But everything had a lot of sentimental value to me.

“I’m a keen photographer and I lost all my photos from my phone.”

Jill was treated for 40 minutes on the train until she was well enough to be taken into an ambulance at Hillhead in Glasgow’s west end.

She originally believed her bag had been stolen on the train and was shocked to discover that there is no CCTV on Subway trains.

Now she is calling on Strathclyde Partnership for Transport to install cameras and upgrade the way passengers can raise the alarm during an emergency.

Jill, from Glasgow’s Thornwood, added: “It seems staff rely on the goodwill of passengers to keep an eye out for each other but that’s not enough. I also think the cord to stop the train in an emergency is outdated.

“There is no other means of communication between passengers and the driver until you stop at a station and get off to get their attention.

“Until those changes are made, I don’t feel that the Subway is safe and I won’t be using it.”

SPT said: “Our staff displayed an excellent response level, calling paramedics and staying with the passenger throughout.

“The passenger reported missing property and this was reported to British Transport Police.”

BTP confirmed that they are investigating the theft.