Man smashed into NHS workers' cars to steal from them in hospital car park

A man who smashed his way into NHS workers' cars on Sunday in order to try to steal from them has been jailed.
The man smashed into NHS workers' carsThe man smashed into NHS workers' cars
The man smashed into NHS workers' cars

Cleveland Police said Callum Wood, 31, was caught at Middlesbrough's James Cook University Hospital on Sunday, and handed a 12-month sentence on Monday.

Wood, of Rothbury Road, Middlesbrough, was charged with four counts of attempted theft from a motor vehicle.

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Detective Constable Elizabeth Malcolm, from Middlesbrough CID, said: "At a time of national crisis, this man has broken into vehicles belonging to NHS staff and tried to steal from them.

"It's appalling that anyone would do this at any time, let alone when our NHS colleagues are working flat out and putting themselves at risk for others.

"Coupled with Callum Wood's previous offending, he was quite rightly sentenced to three months consecutive for each offence, a total of 12 months imprisonment.

"We welcome the sentence and want to warn anyone else who thinks it is acceptable to behave in such a manner, or who causes fear or harm in the current climate, we will find those responsible and we will prosecute them."