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6 Feb 07, 12:35 PM - A crime against prosthetics

Posted by Crippled Monkey

Here on Ouch's blog, it's no surprise that disability is obviously the leading factor in our stories. So it's only fair, I suppose, that when the forum of the Total Motorcycle website reports on something, their main concern is the motorbike angle. As you can tell by this headline: Disabled man loses bike and fake leg to thieves. Yep, that's the bike first, the prosthetic right leg second. The story, sourced from a Malaysian newspaper, goes on to report the victim, 63 year-old Tan Seh Poon as saying: "They stole my motorcycle but why did they have to steal my 'leg' too? Now, I do not know what to do". Well, quite.

Mind you, some opportunistic thief riding a motorcycle at high speed whilst wielding a prosthetic limb has got to be quite noticeable, surely?

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At 10:58 AM on 08 Feb 2007, romancer wrote:

how do i get information on prosthetics in the plymouth area?

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