Two men have been arrested in Sydney after police released CCTV footage which showed a wheelchair user being robbed at an ATM. Julian Stewart, 42, has cerebral palsy and was withdrawing his disability pension when the cash was allegedly snatched out of his hands by two men who were seen loitering behind him. He said: “All of a sudden, one of them just lunged at me and grabbed the money. New South Wales police released the CCTV footage on Tuesday in an appeal for anyone with information on the men to come forward. Within an hour of posting the appeal, the video had received over 100,000 views and was shared thousands of times, police said. On the same day, a 20-year-old man was arrested and charged with stealing. He was refused bail and is due to appear in court on Wednesday.

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