by Media Hawk on 4 April 2013 00:32

There's low - and there's low.

As reported by the Scotsman today:

A thief targeted a computer class for blind people and stole an iPad off a student’s lap.

The student thought his tutor or another student was taking the device when the thief lifted it without saying a word.

The theft was only discovered when the IT instructor returned from making a phone call to find a power cable that had been plugged into the tablet dangling by the victim’s legs and the £500 device gone.

The thief also snatched a second iPad and an iPod after sneaking into the classroom off the main reading hall in the Central Library on George IV Bridge.

The weekly computer classes for blind and partially-sighted people have had to beaxed until replacement equipment can be found. The thefts are said to have shattered “the faith in humanity” of the people who take part.

I'll say. Apparently there's CCTV footage. Hope they catch the heartless idiot.