A disabled woman says criminals have made her a prisoner in her 11th floor flat.

Wheelchair-bound Carol Stokes says after two burglaries within six months at her home in Buchan Towers, off Manchester Road, she is too afraid to go out and too afraid to stay in.

Miss Stokes says the latest burglary on Thursday, during which locks off her front door were chiselled out, has left her even more terrified.

On this occasion her plasma TV was stolen but six months ago when her one-bedroom flat was ransacked she estimates about £2,000 of goods including a TV, DVD player, computer games, paintings and jewellery were taken.

Both incidents were reported to the police but she said 24-hour security at the Incommunities flats picked up nothing to help catch the culprit.

She said: “We are paying to be kept safe but it’s not working.

“There are supposed to be cameras in the lifts, in the hallways and it’s a buzzer entry but I’m still being a victim of crime.

“I’m desperate to move out somewhere safer.

“I feel too vulnerable up here, I’m scared they will come back.”

Miss Stokes who was born with one leg shorter than the other and has curvature of the spine said she was waiting to be re-housed in a bungalow.

She added: “Incommunities know all about this.

“I’ve been waiting for something suitable to come up but they’ve got to get me out of here now.”

Harry Whittle, Incommunities’ director of estate and support services, said: “We are very concerned to hear of this incident. We work closely with the police and other agencies to prevent and detect crime and combat anti-social behaviour.

‘’The primary focus of the CCTV and cameras at Buchan Towers is to restrict entry to the building to tenants and any bona fide visitors only. The cameras also help to provide a visual deterrent to anti-social behaviour.

“We will work very closely with the police to assist them in this case.’’ Incommunities also insisted that the 11th floor flat was suitable for Miss Stokes’s disabilities.

Atis Krumins, its able living manager, said: ‘’In July 2010 the customers were visited and assessed as Band B priority for a new home. They are now waiting for a suitably adapted home in an area of their choice to become available. They currently live in an accessible property.’’