Andrew Merritt robbed an 88-year-old pensioner confined to a mobility scooter of £1,100, a court heard. The prolific and twisted thief had initially approached the elderly man to ask if he could spare any change for him. When the kind pensioner handed
A burglar armed with a claw hammer who burst into a disabled man’s home in the early hours got more than he bargained for, after the sharp-witted resident grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed the intruder in the chest. Shamas Malik, 22,
Anthony Doughty, 67, was returning home at night from the pub and passing Clare Green’s terraced house. Prosecutor Angela Blackmore said over a 10-day period in June this year, Doughty started abusing Ms Green as he walked past her open window, muttering
But he, along with the rest of the disabled community, fear they will not be listened to or taken seriously by police as shocking new figures reveal victims of disability hate crimes are unlikely to receive justice. They show that just 1.2%
Council chiefs have apologised to Ann Ingham and said the driver was wrong, adding bus operator Stagecoach will apologise to her directly. Her husband, Steve Ingham, said they felt “like victims of discrimination. After a series of heart problems the former nurse
A five-month-old domestic shorthaired kitten named Cholula is hoping that the perfect family is out there for her in the Los Angeles area. The cat lives right now at the Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in Los Angeles, after she was transferred
A French prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation Friday for unvoluntary manslaughter aggravated by breach of safety rules after 11 people died this week in a fire that broke out at a vacation home for adults with disabilities. The blaze in Wintzenheim on Wednesday killed
The sacrifices of America’s wounded warriors are honored each year with a patriotic spectacle hosted by the lobstermen of Houghs Neck, a historic 400-year-old fishing community on Boston Harbor. The tight-knit neighborhood of blue-collar boaters hosted its 65th annual disabled veterans fishing
A woman has been left furious after receiving a fine for parking in a disabled bay despite having a blue badge. Louise Reilly was slapped with the fine after parking in a disabled bay at the Braehead Shopping Centre in Glasgow before
A Dutch court on Friday convicted a man of killing two people at an activity farm for people with mental and psychological disabilities and earlier fatally shooting a man to test his weapon. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders