A&E nurse finds car stripped of parts after 12-hour shift

An A&E nurse who had just finished a gruelling 12-and-a-half hour shift says she felt "violated" after discovering her parked car had been stripped of its parts.

Demi Murphy, from Marston Green in Birmingham, found her Toyota Aygo had been targeted outside Heartlands Hospital, on Yardley Green Road, Bordesley Green, after returning to it on Thursday evening (June 25).

The 24-year-old, who qualified as a registered staff nurse only four-months ago, said the driver's window was smashed by thieves, which allowed them access to open the bonnet.

The attack is one of several to have happened to NHS workers during lockdown.

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Demi, who graduated at Birmingham City University, said could not get into the hospital car park as the barriers were down. She parked on a residential road where she had previously parked as a student without an issue.

Her insurance company are liaising with a Toyota approved repair centre in Birmingham - but she will have to pay an excess of £500 to get it fixed.

West Midlands Police are aware of the theft and are appealing to the public for CCTV or information.

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