Firms repaired a disabled woman's motorised buggy free after louts dumped it in the sea.

The £2,000 vehicle was stolen from Harry and Anne Haddon's home in Station Street, Walton.

John Skittrall read about it in the Gazette and told his boss at C Rayment Precision Engineering in Sudbury. Now, three months later, the firm has returned the repaired vehicle.

Mr Haddon, 59, said: "Anne cried her eyes out. It really restores your faith in people."

Mrs Haddon's temporary buggy is going to her friend Millie Woodruf.

Mr Skittrall said it had been a team effort to make sure the buggy was as good as new.

Engineers at his firm stripped the vehicle down and Airblast of Gosfield removed the corrosion from the chassis.

Then Guildford Europe, of Sudbury, sorted out the electronics, Days Medical, of Glamorgan, supplied the parts, and J B Specialist Coating, of Sudbury, did the paintwork.

Braintree Electroplaters worked on the plates, Treadfirst, of Sudbury, supplied the tyres and A&B Transport delivered the buggy to the Haddons.

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