Pensioner’s home burgled while she claps for the NHS in her garden

Police are appealing for information after a pensioner’s home was burgled while she was outside for the weekly ‘Clap for Carers’.

The thief, who stole £150, entered the home of Janet Crimmins, 73, through the back garden as she stood outside her front door paying tribute to frontline workers.

Janet, who is self-isolating at her home in Caerphilly, South Wales, said she wouldn’t normally have cash in the house, but needed to the money to give to people who do her shopping for her.

She said the community is close-knit and this is the last thing she would have expected to happen.