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A blind Liverpool city centre busker had valuable music equipment stolen from outside his home.

Cruel thieves swiped guitarist Andy Joynson’s amplifiers from his Manchester home after a day out busking in Liverpool.

The musician and his dog Toffee are much-loved faces on Liverpool's shopping streets.

The 47-year-old father-of-two left an aluminium trunk containing two Roland Street Cube EX amplifiers at the foot of steps outside his Ramsbottom home, at around 5.20pm.

Andy returned to find the trunk, containing leads, a stool and his collection bucket, had been stolen by thieves.

Andy, who has been blind since birth, appealed to pawnbrokers to be vigilant.

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He said: “I left it there for a minute - I’m gutted. I do not know how they can live with themselves. The rain was very heavy and I just wanted to get Toffee inside.

“I pulled the trunk up onto the first step in the garden and took Toffee inside. I rubbed her down, took my guitar bag off my shoulder strap then went upstairs to the toilet. I came back down and it was missing. It is my livelihood and everything in the trunk gets used every day of the week.

“Hopefully we can get the items back. I would appeal to anyone who has them to do the right thing and hand them in to the police.”

Police confirmed a report of the theft. The haul is believed to be worth around £1,100. To support Andy, visit his GoFundme page .

Anyone with information can contact police on 101, quoting incident number 090216-1730.