A mum has said her son 'couldn't stop crying' after returning to Manchester from a dream trip to find his signed hockey sticks had disappeared.
Robert Barrie's family had raised money for him to travel to the USA to see his favourite ice hockey team in action. Mum Lynn said that he had the 'time of his life' and was even given the chance to meet his heroes after the game where they signed two hockey sticks for him.
Robert, who was 24 when he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, then paid an extra £100 to have the sticks shipped back to the UK but on his return to Manchester, the bag was empty, reports the ECHO .
