POLICE are appealing for information following the theft of a mobility scooter in Ringfield Close, Nailsworth, during the night of Monday, May 19.

The mobility scooter was stolen from a garden shed sometime between 6.30pm and 8.15am.

Following a loud bang, two males were observed departing the scene in the direction of St Georges Park, one of them on a mobility scooter, at about 11 pm. The one on the scooter is described as being of stocky build and wearing a grey hoody.

The mobility scooter is a four-wheeled silver ‘Inva Care Comet’ model, with taped-over dials, and missing handlebar foam.

Anyone with any information about the incidents is asked to contact Gloucestershire Police on 101, quoting incident number 86 of May 20.

You can also give information anonymously by contacting the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via www.crimestoppers-uk.org and you may receive a reward if someone is arrested and charged.