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A callous thief has stolen a disabled man's specialist wheelchair worth £15,000 from outside a home in east London.

Dom Hyams, who works as a multimedia producer, was visiting a friend at a home in Lordship Park, Stoke Newington, this morning and left his wheelchair outside for a brief period.

But when Mr Hyams, who was born with a rare form of brittle bone disease, left his friends, he made the heartbreaking discovery his Balder F280 wheelchair had been stolen.

It is believed the wheelchair was taken sometime between 7.30am and 8am today.

The news of the theft was posted on Facebook and Twitter, with thousands of people sharing the post in a bid to track down the thief.

Mr Hyams wrote: "This morning my powered wheelchair was stolen from outside a friends house while I was inside. I was on Lordship Park in Stoke Newington, and it was stolen within a 30 minute window between 7.30am and 8.00am.

"Please share this as far and wide as possible, I am in shock but want to do all I can to track it down.

"As you know my wheelchair is my legs."

Mr Hyams currently works as an assistant producer at sports production company Sunset+Vine, as well as blogging at tinymanblog.com.

Among his projects, Mr Hyams worked on the London 2012 Olympics and is preparing to work on the games in Rio next year.

He also collaborated with the Department for Work and Pensions to help promote the disability confident campaign in 2013.

TV and radio presenter Clare Balding was among those to retweet the message.

Re last RT a friend of mine @domhyams has had his high tech wheelchair stolen in Stoke Newington. If you know anything please let him know — Clare Balding (@clarebalding) August 5, 2015

Australian comedian Adam Hills has also urged people to help reunited Mr Hyams with his wheelchair, posting: "Please help if you can."

Mr Hyams sister, Holly retweeted the message and added: "Please please help. Some low life has stolen my brothers wheelchair this morning and we MUST get it back."

A Metropolitan Police Service spokesman said officers were called to reports of a theft of a motorised wheelchair from Lordship Park at 8.14am.

The spokesman added no arrests had been made and enquiries are continuing.

Anyone with information about the Balder F280 wheelchair should call police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.