Pensioner left heartbroken after callous thieves steal mobile phone containing last text sent by wife before she died saying ‘I love you’
The phone contained pictures of the couple's last holiday together before she died
A HEARTBROKEN man has been left devastated after a mobile phone with pictures of his late wife, and a text telling him she loved him, has been stolen.
Jim Sharp, 75, had parked his car and taken his dog for a walk when a window was smashed in and his phone grabbed from inside.
His wife, Susan, died last August after battling with lung cancer.
The phone, which was hidden from sight in the glove compartment, contained precious and irreplaceable photographs of the couple together.
The pair, married for 42 years, shared a last holiday together before she died and the mobile had pictures from their trip which Jim had not transferred onto his computer.
Tragically the phone also had the last message Susan had sent to him before she died - which said she loved him.
Jim said: "My wife died last year and there were photos of our last holiday.
"I never put them on the computer.
"I felt absolutely sick. I am very upset about it.
"The texts said she loved me and I sent back to say I loved her.
"They were very important. They were the last few messages we sent to each other.
";They were private messages between me and my wife. They mean a lot to me."
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Jim left the car unattended and locked for half an hour as he walked with his dog in a nearby park in Hull, East Yorkshire last Thursday.
When he got back to his vehicle the passenger window was smashed in and his phone gone.
He says it is only worth about £10 but the pensioner, who would have been celebrating 43 years together with his wife next week, had used it to tell Susan how much he loved her while she was in hospital.
He added: ""I don't know what they hit it with, the glass was all over.
"I was so sick and upset especially when I realised my phone had gone.
"I put it in my glove box, I forgot it. You don't expect people to smash your window."
He has not reported the theft to the police, but hopes anyone who may come across the photographs will get in touch with him.
Jim added: "I would pay them to bring the phone back.
"Please bring the phone back. The photos mean more to me than the phone."
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