Overview
- Emily Riley-Dolan’s bespoke wheelchair and the family’s grey Peugeot 5008 were taken from Woodland Drive, Braunstone Town, in the early hours of Sunday.
- The car and wheelchair were driven back to the family home later the same day, and people were seen running from the vehicle, police said.
- The chair, valued at about £4,000, is essential to Emily, who has spina bifida and is paralysed from the chest down.
- A replacement wheelchair is still being custom-built in New Zealand, underscoring the urgency of recovering the original.
- Leicestershire Police continue to investigate and ask anyone with information to contact 101 or report online quoting crime reference 25*744074.