A DISABLED boy was confronted by a burglar as he lay in his bed early today.

The intruder motioned to terrified Christopher Jennison to be silent as he stood in the 12-year-old's bedroom at Huntington, York.

The heartless thief stole Christopher's treasured PlayStation and games, which he was given only a fortnight earlier.

He fled only when Christopher's mother, Amanda, woke up and came out of her bedroom.

The intruder stood at Christopher Jennison's bedroom door and warned him to be quiet by putting a finger to his lips.

He stole the 12-year-old's treasured PlayStation and games, which Christopher had been given only a fortnight ago.

Then the burglar bolted, after Christopher's mother Amanda woke up and came out of her bedroom at their bungalow home in North Moor Gardens, Huntington.

Today, Amanda told of her anger at the break-in, which put her son at such risk.

She said Christopher suffered from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a genetic illness which leaves him in a wheelchair and will eventually prove terminal.

"I'm very shaken up, but I am angry more than anything else.

"I was asleep next door and heard something.

"I came out and the man made a dash for it. It happened at exactly quarter past three this morning. He came in through a kitchen window after splintering the frame with a garden hoe. He opened Christopher's door and told him to shut up by putting a finger to his mouth.

"He then went into the sitting room and took his PlayStation, console and two joysticks and a mouse and all the games and also about 15 DVDs.

"He also took a Coca-Cola bottle full of pennies and 2ps, which is our holiday fund."

She revealed that she did not have household contents insurance, so would not be able to replace the PlayStation.

Christopher said the intruder was quite young, and also quite big and fat.

"He was wearing a hat," he said. He thought he recognised the intruder and also thought he smelt of alcohol.

Christopher's grandmother, Brenda, who lives nearby said: "He must have been petrified. It has traumatised him. He keeps talking about it.

"This sort of thing takes away his security. I keep thinking about what could have happened to him."

Amanda said police were today going to take fingerprints in the search for the intruder.

Amanda, a 34-year-old single mother, said that Christopher would start at Applefields Special School next month.

"If I could have got my hands on the burglar he would have come to regret it," said Amanda.

About a year ago, while out shopping in York, Amanda had her bag snatched by a thief from the back of Christopher's wheelchair.

Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to phone police on 0870 6060247.

Updated: 10:26 Friday, August 26, 2005