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NHS nurse 'lost her faith in humanity' after bike theft

"I just think I'm lost without it - I know it's only a bike"...

A nurse who had her bike stolen said the theft has caused her to 'lose her faith in humanity'. 

Mum of three Sara Evans said whoever had taken her bike had left her 'broken' after a 'year of hell' treating patients with coronavirus. 

Sara, from Seacroft, Leeds, said she had used the bike as a form of escapism and she loved exploring her local area during the pandemic. 

Speaking to the Yorkshire Evening Post, the 42-year-old said: "I was so gutted.

"It was my release. I love exercise anyway and that's been my real focus the last year, my little bike. I just think I'm lost without it - I know it's only a bike."

The nurse of seven years currently works in an outpatient clinic in Thorpe Park.

She added: "Nothing fazes me - at the beginning of the Covid I was like, 'this is nothing, this is just going to be one of those things', and then I got really scared midway through.

"So the bike was my little bit of release - exploring Roundhay Park and Temple Newsam - just to go out and listen to my music, just to forget about everything."

Stolen bike - Sara Evans 2
Credit: Facebook 

 

The bike was stolen from Maude Street in Leeds city centre on Monday, between 8.45am - 1.30pm.

Sara had let her son, who is training to be a solicitor, use the bike for the day.

She had only just replaced the bike lock - which was also taken - and due to being in the process of moving house, was not insured.

She added: "Everyone's been lovely - there have been so many people who have offered to replace my bike, even donating or buying me a new one and I was just like 'I can't accept that'.

"I could have a little bike stuck in someone's shed that needs a new home, but I can't possibly accept anything else, but they've been so lovely.

"There are a lot more nice people than mean people, so that's reassured me, but I still want my bike back."

Sharing a photo of the bicycle online, Sara wrote: "Thanks to the scum who stole this NHS nurses bike from town today. You've broken me.

"Finally after staying strong for the past year of hell you've made me lose my faith in humanity. 

"This was my release and now I don't even have that

"Please don't buy this bike and please help have it returned and restore my faith again."

Stolen bike - Sara Evans

Credit: Facebook ​

 

 

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jimc101 | 2 years ago
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Strange situation, mentions several time that she works for the NHS, yet the bike wasn't in her possession when stolen.

Did it have a sign on it saying you're not allowed to steal NHS workers bike, but everyone else is fair game?

Lets not go there about how that's 'locked', even if that's not in the wild, it gives an idea of how they do it normally and Leeds should always be considered very high risk for leaving a bike, esp with a lock like that, even if locked well.

For the Road.cc writer, if your looking to move to the Daily Mail as carrer progression, this has most of what they want for a sob story.

 

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eburtthebike replied to jimc101 | 2 years ago
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jimc101 wrote:

Strange situation, mentions several time that she works for the NHS, yet the bike wasn't in her possession when stolen.

Did it have a sign on it saying you're not allowed to steal NHS workers bike, but everyone else is fair game?

Lets not go there about how that's 'locked', even if that's not in the wild, it gives an idea of how they do it normally and Leeds should always be considered very high risk for leaving a bike, esp with a lock like that, even if locked well.

For the Road.cc writer, if your looking to move to the Daily Mail as carrer progression, this has most of what they want for a sob story.

Wow!  Just wow!

It must be really tough being such a total and utter pessimist all the time.

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jimc101 replied to eburtthebike | 2 years ago
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No, just a very strange article

 

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eburtthebike replied to jimc101 | 2 years ago
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No, just a very strange article

Exactly what a curmudgeon would say.yes

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Sriracha replied to jimc101 | 2 years ago
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I do find the slew of "they stole my bike - even though I work hard in the NHS" stories peculiar. Obviously loads of bikes get nicked, and that's a story in itself that needs attention, but how you earn your living seems irrelevant, unless it's the employer's cycle parking facilities that are in the frame. Which isn't the case here.

Incidentally, a photo of the actual frame number, instead of just the date of manufacture, would be helpful here.

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brooksby replied to Sriracha | 2 years ago
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Sriracha wrote:

I do find the slew of "they stole my bike - even though I work hard in the NHS" stories peculiar.

Its just like all those people dashing off overseas for holidays, during that window last year, and explaining on interviews that they deserved an overseas beach holiday because they were a key worker...

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Sriracha replied to Lance ꜱtrongarm | 2 years ago
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Slightly curious why the thief would want to take the lock. Do they usually clear up after themselves?

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RoubaixCube | 2 years ago
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I was going to say, If thats the way they locked the bike then its no surprise it was stolen by opportunist thieves but then I realise that picture looks to have been taken in their back garden.

Still a terrible way to lock the bike none the less.

Id say I wish she would accept the offer of a free bike because she deserves it. Through her job she probably helped thousands if not millions of people and now good karma has come back around and she wont accept it. 

A truely selfless individual.   

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FrankH replied to RoubaixCube | 2 years ago
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... she probably helped thousands if not millions of people ...

About one every minute for her whole working life? I think not.

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brooksby replied to RoubaixCube | 2 years ago
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RoubaixCube wrote:

A truely selfless individual.   

You do understand that people employed by the NHS have generally chosen it as a career, where they get paid, with money?

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nappe | 2 years ago
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Is it me, or is that bike basically not locked? The cable doesn't appear to go through the frame.

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eburtthebike replied to nappe | 2 years ago
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nappe wrote:

Is it me, or is that bike basically not locked? The cable doesn't appear to go through the frame.

Isn't that the David Cameron system of bike locking?  Just as useless at that as everything else he's ever attempted.

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ktache replied to eburtthebike | 2 years ago
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I loved the way that "call me Dave"'s commitment the environment lasted into his lobbying role, the use of the greensill private jet for a jaunt down to Cornwall will definitely be hugging a husky.

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eburtthebike replied to ktache | 2 years ago
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ktache wrote:

I loved the way that "call me Dave"'s commitment the environment lasted into his lobbying role, the use of the greensill private jet for a jaunt down to Cornwall will definitely be hugging a husky.

He's a tory; 'nuff said.  The only positive thing you can say about him is that he didn't lie as much as Boris.

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