A DISABLED mother-of-two has been left feeling 'very angry' after her wheelie bin was taken from the front of her house.

Trina Stott captured the moment on CCTV a woman walked up her drive and took her wheelie bin from outside her house on New Year's Day.

The bin was taken from the 50-year-old's home in Griffin Close, Burnley, at around 7pm.

Ms Stott, who uses a mobility scooter to get around in, said she leaves the bin at the front of her house for her neighbour to put out as she struggles to do it herself.

But now the former mortgage administrator worker has been billed £29.10 by Burnley Council for a replacement bin, which she said she cannot afford.

Ms Stott said: "I can't believe someone would just walk up to my house and take my property.

"I checked the CCTV after I couldn't find my bin and my neighbours hadn't seen it and then I saw a woman had taken it.

"I don't know why she's done that, it's really odd.

"But now the council want me to pay for a replacement bin and I can't afford to get another one.

"The theft has made me really angry, I don't know why someone has decided to steal from me."

The CCTV footage shows a woman walk up Ms Stott's drive, grab hold of the bin and push it out of the drive and up the road.

The council's advice for keeping wheelie bins safe include making sure house numbers and, if possible, street names, are marked on the bin, as well as leaving the bin out for emptying for the least time as possible.

Ms Stott, who has lived in Burnley for 17 years, said she had contacted the police about the incident.

A Burnley Council spokesman said: "We're sorry to hear this resident's wheelie bin has been stolen.

"The council has had a policy of charging for a replacement bin for the past 10 years.

"We had reached the point where the cost of replacing bins for free was approaching £100,000 a year and was no longer sustainable.

"We encourage residents to clearly mark their bin so it is identifiable as theirs and to store it as securely as possible."