Woman Allegedly Robs Parkinson's Patient Of Mobility Scooter, Man Dies Moments Later

A woman has been charged for allegedly robbing a Parkinson's patient of his mobility scooter over the weekend, shortly before he died following the "attack" outside a Tesco in Gloucestershire, England.

Police responded to a Tesco car park in Stroud at around 6 a.m. on Sunday after 63-year-old Neil Shadwick was found unresponsive. He reportedly died in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital later that day. Meanwhile, the four-wheeled scooter was found abandoned on Bisley Old Road.

Security footage showed a man believed to be Shadwick riding to an ATM with a woman in a long gray coat on the back of his scooter. The man carefully got off the scooter before withdrawing money while the woman stood around impatiently. The two then got back on the scooter and drove away, the UK Daily News reported.

Gloucestershire Police confirmed Wednesday that Kimberley Ann Hawkins, 40, has been charged with robbing a man in his 60s of a motorized mobility scooter in Stratford Road on Sunday. She was arrested on suspicion of murder and robbery, but police said the only charge she faces is robbery of the mobility scooter, Daily Mail reported.

"She has been remanded in police custody ahead of an appearance at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Thursday." The post-mortem examination returned inconclusive results about the cause of the pensioner's death, police said.

Shadwick, who recently suffered a stroke, had Parkinson's disease. He was reportedly taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital but pronounced dead later that day. The cause of his death is still undetermined. Police are conducting an investigation.

Meanwhile, a Tesco spokesman said, "We are shocked and saddened by this terrible incident, and our thoughts are with all those affected. We support the police in their investigations."