ONLY one photograph survived of Noryne Gill before she was scarred forever in a house fire when she was just four-years-old.

This week that last picture was stolen during a heartless burglary.

The thieves raided Noryne's Lancaster home and took the picture which was inside an expensive locket.

Now Noryne, 26, is desperately hoping that she can appeal to the thieves' honour and have the photograph returned.

She pleaded: "That picture means the world to me but can't possibly mean anything to them. It was my mother's only photograph of me that wasn't destroyed and she gave it to me. Now it's gone. "I put it in a locket I got for my 18th birthday. But they can sell the locket or anything else they took as far as I'm concerned, even though it meant a lot to me. I'd swop it all for that picture.

"They can send it through the post or to the Citizen or the police or whatever. I don't care, I just want it back."

Noryne's grandmother had died in the house fire in Manchester 22 years ago. Every one of the photographs of her grandmother also perished in the fire.

"It's bad having no picture of her as well," said Noryne. "Imagine what it means not to even have a photograph when they're gone. The picture of me means the world for myself but also to my mother and my family. I just want to appeal to the better nature of whoever has taken it."

Noryne was unable to return to the house for some time after she found it ransacked last weekend and the locket gone. She stayed with her mum in Morecambe for a few days before she could bring herself to go home.

The burglars raided Noryne's flat on South Road, Lancaster on Thursday or Friday, February 17 and 18 while she away visiting friends. They took everything of any value from the home.

The Citizen is offering a reward for anyone who can return Noryne's picture. If you have any information call the reporters on 382121.

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