Offers to replace goods

Press, 2 May 1985, Page 9

Offers to replace goods

A Christchurch retailer has come to the aid of Nigel Morrell, a cerebral palsy sufferer whose stereo unit,

citizen band radio, and colour television set were stolen from his Riccarton flat on Monday.

The goods will be replaced by Mr Noel Leeming, until insurance on the stolen items has been settled. Mr Leeming made the offer to the Crippled Children Society yesterday after reading in “The Press” about Mr Morrell’s plight. The society’s administrative assistant, Mr Bill Chappell, said that several persons had also given money to help replace Mr Morrell’s goods, taken from his Darvel Street flat. Another person had given a sheepskin rug to replace the one that was taken from Mr Morrell’s armchair. A company, Steel and Tube, Ltd, had offered Mr

Morrell a television set. Mr Chappell said that the society thanked those who had offered help to Mr Morrell in a time of stress. Mr Morrell, because of his disability, spent a lot of time watching television and listening to the radio. He had saved for 12 years to buy the equipment, said Mr Chappell. The goods were stolen after a woman came to Mr Morrell’s flat and offered to make him a cup of tea. She told him to go to his room before she took all the electrical items in the lounge of his Crippled Children Society independentliving flat. I