Mobility scooter broken in Dorchester criminal damage
Its owner had left it on Damers Road after it stopped working
Police in Dorchester are treating an incident in which a mobility scooter was left beyond repair as criminal damage.
The scooter had been left on the corner of Damers Road and Blagdon Road by its owner after it broke down.
At some point between Monday 29th and Wednesday 31st July, when the victim in his 70s returned to collect it, it had been damaged.
Police Community Support Investigator Adam Cleaver, of Dorset Police, said:
“This has had a significant impact on the victim as the scooter was his only independent form of transport.
“I understand this incident is already known about in the community and I would ask anyone with information about who was responsible to please get in touch.”
If you can help with any information, you're asked to contact Dorset Police on 101, quoting reference number 55240119218.
You can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.