Cancer boy’s Disneyland cash stolen from home

THIEVES broke into the home of a four-year-old cancer sufferer and stole his spending money for a dream holiday.

The boy and his family, from Bury, Greater Manchester, were preparing to leave for Disneyland in Paris on a trip paid for by the charitable Make-A-Wish Foundation when the burglars struck.

It is thought the house may have been targeted after the boy, who has a rare muscle cancer, featured in a TV documentary.

Up to £20,000 worth of personal items were taken, including a bike, a TV, computer consoles and games, and jewellery.

The raiders also stole the family’s Ford Fiesta from outside their home in Spenser Avenue and later abandoned the burnt-out vehicle.

The foundation had given the family — who do not wish to be named — the flight tickets in a presentation box along with some spending money, which was also taken.

Police are appealing for information about the break-in which took place between 8pm on Monday and 4.30am on Tuesday.

The intruders used a ladder from an outbuilding to break in through an upstairs window.

Superintendent Mark Granby said: “What this family has been through is absolutely heartbreaking.”