EMAS asks anyone with information to contact Leicestershire Police
Vandals left a paramedic’s vehicle covered in red paint and faeces after emergency services responded to an emergency on a caravan site in Bagworth, Leicestershire earlier this week.
Paramedic and team leader at Leicestershire’s East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), Time Hargraves, condemned the attack, branding it as “disgusting.”
Hargreaves said: “It was a deliberate attack, this wasn’t an accident.
“When he came out the car was covered in red paint and faeces including all over the door handles. The paramedic had to use gloves to get into the car and he drove it to one of our workshops.”
The vehicle is now in the body shop until the full extent of the damage is assessed and repairs are completed.
EMAS declared that the cost of having a car off the road and having to find a replacement is around £200 a day. However, this does not include the cost of the damage and repair to the car.
Of the incident, Hargraves went on: “The saving grace, if there is one, is that there was no attack or violence to the paramedic.
“We would ask anyone who knows anything about this to contact Leicestershire Police.”
Police have stated that they are aware of the reports by EMAS and are carrying out inquiries.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Leicestershire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 5550111.
