A woman who is on dialysis and is waiting for a kidney transplant says she is afraid to go out - a week after burglars ransacked her Allerton home.

Jacqueline Lunn, 42, who had a stroke two weeks ago because of her condition, is terrified the gang will return because a window damaged in the break-in has not been repaired properly by Bradford Council.

And Mrs Lunn and her husband Steve claim that they have been told it will be some time this month before the house can be made secure.

"I can't sleep at night because I'm so frightened the burglars will come back," said Mrs Lunn.

"I'm on dialysis three times a week which makes me very tired so I don't need all this worry,"

"I had a stroke because of high blood pressure and now I'm just on edge all the time.

"The window has been jemmied open and the Council has just jammed two planks of wood into the frame which can be pulled off straight away.

"Even though I'm ill and very weak I could pull them off myself.

"We can't live like prisoners in our own home for weeks until the Council gets round to repairing it properly."

More than £2,000 worth of goods were taken from the house when burglars forced open a ground floor window at the back.

They took two video recorders, a personal hi-fi, a music centre, a TV and jewellery.

Mr Lunn said: "I went to the housing office straight away and told them about my wife's condition and the burglary but they said there was no cash available to fix the window properly until mid-April.''

A spokesman for Bradford Council's Bell Dean Neighbourhood Housing Office said: "Mr and Mrs Lunn's window was temporarily repaired following an emergency call-out and is due to be fully repaired in early April.

"We will send a member of the housing team to check the temporary repair this week and we are also looking at providing additional security for the couple's home.''

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