A health care provider has instructed how his automobile has been written off after it was stripped of components by Corsa cannibals.
Dr Gary Bonnici had simply completed a 10-hour shift at Heartlands Hospital when he returned to search out his Vauxhall, which he had parked on Yardley Inexperienced Highway, vandalised.
The 2015 automobile is past restore and the busy physician now faces having to purchase a brand new motor and better insurance coverage premiums.
He stated: “It’s horrible. It’s going to make life tough. I’m not the one one, that is taking place rather a lot.
“It’s irritating for people who find themselves struggling on this monetary local weather.”
Dr Bonnici was resulting from work on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Wednesday (April 7) however was requested to go to Heartlands Hospital as a substitute to fill in a scarcity.
He parked on the principle highway as a result of he didn’t have entry to the workers automobile park and began his shift in acute medication at noon ending round 10pm.
He stated: “My automobile was parked not removed from the hospital gate. The very first thing I observed was that the glass was smashed.
“I didn’t see the entrance of the automobile at first. I observed nothing was touched from the within of the automobile so I assumed it was an act of vandalism.
“Then I went across the automobile and the hood, bumper, and headlights had been lacking.”
He added: “I referred to as the police they usually made their report. They stated they couldn’t ship anybody to the scene. They stated they might do a report and would give me a quantity for the insurance coverage.
“They stated that I must present them with proof, CCTV one thing like that.”
The RAC had been referred to as to the scene and took the wrecked automobile to a storage.
Dr Bonnici has since realized that they can’t restore the automobile and he should purchase a brand new one.
The so-called Corsa Cannibal craze was believed to have began in 2013 in Bedfordshire when components had been faraway from greater than 500 Corsas.
The make is focused as a result of the components are then simply bought on.
Police have urged Vauxhall Corsa drivers to vary the way in which they park their automobiles to discourage criminals.
Homeowners have been instructed to park the entrance finish of their automobile in a method that might show inaccessible to thieves.
West Midlands Police stated: “We had been referred to as after components had been stolen from a Vauxhall Corsa on Yardley Inexperienced Highway, Bordesley Inexperienced, on 4 April.
“It’s understood to have occurred someday between 12-10pm.
“Anybody with info can contact us through Stay Chat, or by calling 101, and quote 20BE/96619E/21.”
