Mum-of-two with terminal cancer slams yobs who ransacked garden decorations ahead of her 'last Christmas'
06.12.2023 - 18:25
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum-of-two with terminal brain cancer has slammed vile yobs who ransacked a Christmas display in her front garden.
The 35-year-old said it was 'possibly' her last Christmas with her girls, aged two and three, and her husband - and told how she wanted this year's festivities to be extra special.
The three yobs are caught on camera in CCTV footage shared with the Manchester Evening News walking past the family's home in Failsworth, Oldham, on Tuesday night. All three are seen to eye up the garden display then try a gate, before they walk around to the side and briefly go off camera.
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Two of them then jump over the garden fence, with one stealing two light-up candy cane decorations as another kicks over a 3ft-high reindeer.
"This is possibly my last Christmas as I have terminal brain cancer," said the woman, who asked the Manchester Evening News not to identify her or her family. "I just want some help to track down the thugs who destroyed our Christmas garden at our home."
The culprits appear to be three young men or boys. One appears to be carrying what look like a plastic bag. He doesn't enter the garden, but runs away with the other two in the aftermath.
Police are now investigating and have issued an appeal for anyone with information to come forward.
The woman, who lives with her family on Greaves Avenue in Failsworth and claimed two other houses nearby were also targeted on the same night, said she was upstairs when the yobs struck. Both her children were in bed asleep at the time.