Disabled man robbed by two 'good Samaritans'

A DISABLED man has described how he was mugged in a "malicious and cowardly" robbery by two men pretending to be good Samaritans.

James Hargadon, 59, who cannot walk unsupported, was robbed of 40 by two men who had helped him off a bus only minutes earlier.

Mr Hargadon, who has been the victim of two previous robberies, was badly shaken but uninjured inthe mugging, near the Cloverleaf Hotel, in Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire, on Wednesday night.

Mr Hargadon, a father of two, explained: "One of them took my left arm and walked with me off the bus. They pretended to the driver they were helping me.

I thought they'd left me alone, but I turned round and one of them grabbed me and the other tried to grab my bag, which had my medication in it. One of them put my arm against my back and pushed me and I fell against a wall. I had 40 on me, and they grabbed that as well."

Mr Hargadon added: "I'm in a lot of pain. This is the third time I've been robbed. I am really frightened to leave my house as I have no idea if it will happen again. I want the police to catch them so they can't do it again."