Village fury as defibrillator stolen

A Highland community has been left outraged after a defibrillator was stolen from the village hall.

The lifesaving device was positioned at Glengarry Community Hall in Invergarry by charity Lucky2BHere after donations from locals.

It was one of two installed in the community, with another located at the post office.

The storage cabinet was targeted on Wednesday.

Chairman of Glengarry Community Council Douglas Stewart said the community has been left “horrified” by the incident.

He said: “Our first thoughts were ‘goodness someone has used it’, but in such a small community if someone needed a defibrillator we would have heard.

“Our next thought was maybe the charity who supply them, Lucky2BHere, had taken it for maintenance but we got in touch with them and they said they would never take it without informing us,” he said.

“The whole community is quite horrified and disgusted that they have lost the defibrillator in such circumstances. It’s someone who has got no conscience that’s done it.”

The defibrillator is believed to have been removed some time between 9.30am and 2.30pm.

As the community works to replace what has been lost, the charity has provided Invergarry with a temporary defibrillator.

Mr Stewart praised the charity adding: “Interestingly, when speaking to the charity they have never had one go missing before.”