The manager of a charity shop is heartbroken after burglars stole a treasured pregnancy scan of her daughter's unborn child.
The raiders stole the safe from the RSPCA shop in Wigston which contained about £250 cash, her electronic notebook and the priceless picture.
Anne Stevenson said: "I am heartbroken that this picture has been stolen.
"It is a treasured and priceless image of my first grandchild.
"It is the first image taken of the child my daughter Gemma is expecting and I am heartbroken it has gone.
"The scan was tucked inside the cover of the notebook."
Police, who are investigating the raid, said the burglars struck at the shop in Bell Street about 5am on Friday December 2.
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Raiders forced their way in through the back door
Mrs Stevenson said the raiders stole the safe which had been bolted down.
She said: "I got to the shop to open up at about 8.30am and noticed that the iron gates at the back were open and then I saw that the back door was all smashed up.
"As I walked in I could see that the burglars had smashed the alarm system to bits.
"Then I noticed they had taken the safe which had been bolted down.
"All the cash taken was to help sick and abandoned animals. Stealing is bad enough but stealing from a charity is incredibly low."
Anne Stevenson at the store in Bell Street, Wigston
Mrs Stevenson has worked at the shop, which raises money for the RSPCA Woodside Animal Centre, in Scudamore Road, Leicester, since it opened nine years ago.
She said the shop had been hit by vandals and burglars in the past.
Vandals set fire to a wheelie bin and pushed it up against the shop in February.
The blaze wrecked the back door and goods inside were smoke-damaged.
Mrs Stevenson said: "We have been burgled twice before as well.
"I just can't understand why anyone would stoop so low as to target a charity shop.
"It's not just the stuff that is taken, it's the damage done and the selling time we lose putting things back together again.
"It is very upsetting, especially at this time of the year.
"If the police could track down the burglars and get everything back, including the scan, it would be great."
A police spokeswoman said they are investigating the crime.
She said: "It is believed the thieves struck at about 5am on December 2.
"We would appeal for anyone with any information to contact us on 101."
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