A disabled woman was left lying on ice for 20 minutes after slipping while collecting her bin that was 'carelessly' dumped in the wrong place. Philomena McCallum, 63, who has spina bifida, polio and severe arthritis, was forced to crawl back into her bungalow in Stretford after her fall.
Her son, Robert, 34, said: "It was during the cold snap and she was lying on the ice for 20 minutes before finally managing to crawl back into the house. I was livid.”
Philomena gets ‘assisted bin collections’ because of her condition, meaning her bins should be emptied and replaced inside the grounds of her bungalow. Robert said that over the last four years the green bin is often left halfway up the path, meaning she has struggled to retrieve it herself.
