FOUR more charity boxes have been targeted by heartless thieves.

Collection tins for both The Isabel Baker Foundation and the Youth Cancer Trust were swiped this week in what are the latest of a long line of incidents involving charity box thefts this year.

Three boxes belonging to The Isabel Baker Foundation - which helps bereaved parents who have lost their children to cancer - were taken; one at Santander in Christchurch on Thursday, and two more at Long Johns Fish and Chips based at sites in Poole.

Its founder, Isabel’s mum Vicky Turner said the situation was “outrageous”.

“Those boxes have got my daughter’s photo on them. It’s pretty disgusting,” she said. “If you see someone collecting money on the street that is not us. It says clearly on the box that we support parents bereaved after their children have died of cancer.

“Clearly they feel their need is more important than that. I just don’t know how people could look at themselves stealing from charity.”

The Youth Cancer Trust box was taken from Naked Coffee on Christchurch Road, Bournemouth on Thursday at about 2pm. Its owner Ian Saul has shared images on social media of a man suspected of the crime.

Mr Saul said: “The thing for me is the frustration. That’s eight kids that don’t get to have respite.

“This guy is destroying kids’ lives. And what would he get for it? Every penny we get goes to the Youth Cancer Trust.”

The cafe manager Lewis Littlefield added: “I feel a bit sick to be honest. I’d rather he had taken our tip jar or something.”

In April the Youth Cancer Trust had another box containing roughly £100 stolen by a thief caught on camera at the Bournemouth Sands Hotel.

In March this year, £3,000 collected by volunteers of the Alderney Manor Community Centre due to be donated was stolen during a raid.

In August, Big Issue Foundation fundraiser Melissa Scott had one of her boxes taken from Elite Health Foods. And a box containing £500 belonging to Gemma Vaile was stolen in June days before she was due to run in aid of Cancer Research UK.

And last month Philip Allum was sentenced for stealing seven poppy collection tins - including one on Remembrance Day itself.