'It doesn't make sense': WWII veteran's distress at medals theftpublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 6 June 2017
Lara King
North East Lincolnshire reporter
A 95-year-old World War Two veteran says he's devastated after his medals were stolen by thieves who raided his home in Cleethorpes.
Percy Wilmott was out shopping with his daughter on Friday when somebody broke into his home and ransacked it, taking his war medals.
Percy, who fought in North Africa during the Second World War, says all five of his medals have been stolen and he feels betrayed:
"The very fact these young people can come round and know there's an old soldier living in this house and there are his medals and 'I think I'll take them', it doesn't make sense that they should do that to us old folks," he says.