New twist after abusive note left on ambulance about parking
The ill-directed bravado shown by a woman who left an abusive note on an ambulance parked outside her home has backfired on the unemployed 26-year-old.
After finding the ambulance had inconvenienced her by parking outside a property in West Midlands the woman, alleged to be Kirsty Sharman, left a note on the windscreen that shocked paramedics when they returned from attending to an emergency call.
"You have no right to park here! I don't give a s*** if the whole street collapses,. Now move your van," the note read.
West Midlands Ambulance Service alleges staff were also subject to verbal abuse. And while the incident was not initially reported to police, it came under their notice after paramedic mentor Katie Tudor's post about the incident went viral on social media.
Staffordshire Police say they took action and arrested Sharman on suspicion of public order offences and a breach of a restraining order. She remains in police custody.
The Sun reports that Sharman doesn't have a car and is jobless.
Ms Tudor said she was "upset" to see what Sharman, who is from Stoke-on-Trent, had done.
"So upset to be sent this by one of our crews this morning! Along with this note left on their [vehicle] they received a load of verbal abuse," she wrote on Twitter.
Ms Tudor said the paramedics "weren't blocking the road, they were in a parking space... just obviously annoying someone that an ambo was outside their property".
Ms Sharman will appear in court at the North Staffordshire Justice Centre on Tuesday.
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A similar incident happened last November when a heart attack patient died after a nasty note was left on the window of the attending ambulance in Birmingham in the UK.
"You may be saving lives, but don't park your van in a stupid place and block my drive," the man wrote on the note as paramedics worked to save someone's life inside the house.
