At 2.30pm last Friday, a disabled man was lured into a trap as he drove his car along a relatively busy road in Plymouth, Devon.
The man feared for his life as he was viciously attacked and robbed after being hauled from his vehicle by two attackers.
The trap was set when the driver of the vehicle behind him flashed his lights which usually suggests they want to tell you something is wrong with your car.
The disabled man pulled over, and whilst his attention was distracted when switching off his radio, both his car doors were flung open whereupon he was struck on the side of the head and dragged out of his car. He was subsequently pushed to the ground and told to hand over his money.
The man, who holds a blue badge due to a back injury, said:
“It happened so quick and I feared for my life and when I said I didn’t have any money, I felt my face pushed into the ground and they put all their weight on to my back”.
The men must have found his wallet as police later found it empty. The attackers escaped with £200, whilst the man was left locked in agony and unable to move in the road.
A passer by spotted him lying in the road, stopped to see if he was all right and then called the emergency services.
Following x-rays, it was confirmed that his jaw had been knocked out of line and his old back injury had been further aggravated, causing a trapped nerve.
He said
”It amazes me that people can do this in broad daylight; you just don’t expect it to happen to you in this part of the world. I’m from London originally, where you hear of these things happening, but you don’t think it’ll happen to you down here.”
A sad sign of the times I’m afraid. The frequency of such events are on the increase throughout the country.
The clear message for everyone here is if you approached by anyone whilst in your car, please ensure you keep you car doors locked until you are 100% satisfied that the person you are talking to is not a threat to your wellbeing.
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