Vandals have trashed a life-saving piece of kit - by throwing it into a stretch of river in Warwickshire . It was found floating in the Coventry canal at Atherstone top lock.

Local Canal and River Trust volunteers had fund-raised to pay for the vital piece of equipment so that it could be used in case of an emergency in the area. But to their dismay, they found vandals had struck.

They broke into the special cabinet it was held in and then hurled the defibrillator into the canal.

"We installed the defibrillator in March of this year after 12 months of fund raising and some kind donations from boaters and members of the public," said a spokesperson for the local volunteers."

"The cabinet was opened Thursday night some time between 4pm and midnight," the spokesperson added.

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