Caught on video: Metal thieves who caused £20,000 of damage to Wolverhampton's Compton Hospice
This is the moment callous thieves targeted Wolverhampton's Compton Hospice, in one of two raids in just 48 hours.
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The footage shows the two raiders climbing on wheelie bins to tear lead from the roof of the Lymphoedema Treatment Centre and Education, Training and Fundraising Centre.
Some patients had to have their treatments cancelled due to flooding damage caused by the holes left in the roof.
The thieves also stole tools from sheds and catalytic converters from the hospice's fleet of charity shop delivery vans. Cables to one of the CCTV cameras were cut in a bid to cover their tracks.
Compton chief executive Ron Middleton said: "How thieves could think of targeting a charitable organisation for profit is quite beyond my comprehension.
