Lanarkshire business appeals for information after life-saving defibrillator is vandalised

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Bosses at a well-known Lanarkshire cake makers have hit out after vandals destroyed a life-saving community defibrillator.Michael Burns, of Special Days Cakes in Uddingston, took to social media in a bid to find those responsible for the destruction to the equipment that they have provided in the event of an emergency in the town.Michael and his husband Stephen Whyteside purchased the defibrillator last year at a price of £1800 and had it installed on the wall outside their business premises on Old Edinburgh Road.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Each time the equipment is used Michael and Stephen pay an additional £100 to replace the pads.Now the pair are pleading with those responsible to come forward or they say they will hand over CCTV images to the police.Michael explained: "The defibrillator that we bought for our community has been vandalised.

We have this on CCTV and if the person that did this comes forward to pay to have it repaired, we will not take the matter any further.