A VULNERABLE woman was left unable to leave her home after her wheelchair was stolen.

The 81-year-old's wheelchair was taken taken from the garden of her house in Coundon, near Bishop Auckland, between Friday and Saturday.

  • Police have appealed for anyone who saw anything suspicious at the time, wio knows the whereabouts of a discarded wheelchair or with information to ring  Durham constabulary on 101, quoting incident DHM-01122018-0277.