An ex-Royal Marine and triple amputee has had his prosthetic legs and a bag full of gym clothes stolen after his car was broken into.
Mark Ormrod from Plymouth, Devon, woke up on Wednesday morning to find thugs had destroyed his vehicle whilst it was parked in a disabled space outside a Premier Inn in Chiswick, London.
The war hero, lost both legs and his right arm in a bomb blast in Afghanistan in 2007, posted a video of the break-in on Twitter and can be heard saying: ”Not going to lie, I’ve had better starts to a day.’
In a post on his social media pages, the 40-year-old says he was told by Premier Inn staff at the hotel that they couldn’t see any criminal activity, despite their been three camera pointing at the car. Premier Inn told the it is investigating the incident.
Ormrod was told their view to my car was blocked by another car, leading him to suggest the hotel should ‘reposition its cameras’. The Metropolitan Police have also been approached for a comment.
Mark Ormrod from Plymouth, Devon, woke up on Wednesday morning to find thugs had destroyed his vehicle whilst it was parked in a disabled space outside a Premier Inn in Chiswick, London
The war hero, lost both legs and his right arm in a bomb blast in Afghanistan in 2007, posted a video of the break-in on his social media pages
He said: ‘Not the best start to my day!!! Had my car broken into last night..’
‘They stole a bag full of sweaty gym clothes, another bag with my JiuJitsu Gi in and what’s really inconvenient is they took a set of my prosthetic legs!
‘Despite having three cameras pointing at my car I was told by the staff at the hotel that they couldn’t see any activity as the view to my car was blocked by another car – might be time to reposition those cameras.
‘The sad thing is to think that someone would break into a car parked in a disabled parking space and steal equipment someone needs to live independently and not even care.’
His latest post has sparked a lot of shock and outrage on social media.
Mark, 40, who was awarded the MBE, is called ‘Iron Man’ by his three children and in 2021 he was given the ‘freedom of Plymouth’ by the city council for his fund-raising work.
He has so far raised more than £500,000 through different challenges to support veterans.
His achievements include raising more than £150,000 in a 5km run using prosthetic legs to raise money for the Reorg charity in March.
Mark was spending the night in the hotel and awoke to find his car broken into
Premier Inn have said they are investigating the incident
His post has sparked a lot of shock and outrage on social medi
In May he completed a 1km swim and in October he then did a 99.9 mile overnight cycle challenge.
In the early hours of Christmas Eve 2007, Royal Marines Commando Mark was out on a routine foot patrol in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan when he stepped on and triggered an Improvised Explosive Device.
In a desperate attempt to save his life, he was airlifted to an emergency field hospital.
An innovative and dangerous procedure carried out on board a Chinook helicopter en-route to the hospital saved his life.
He was the UK’s first triple amputee to survive the Afghanistan conflict.
During his recovery, the doctors told him that he’d never walk again and that he should prepare himself for the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
He turned his personal tragedy into a triumph over adversity.
Not only did he learn to walk again, with the aid of specialist prosthetic limbs, but in 2017 he took part in the Invictus Games in Toronto.
Sheer courage and determination saw him leave the games as an Invictus Champion with a haul of four gold medals.