NHS worker’s bike stolen from outside Sheffield hospital during busy eight-hour shift

An NHS worker has told of her devastation after her treasured bike was stolen outside a Sheffield hospital.
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Rayna Foletti had finished a busy eight-hour shift as a nurse support facilitator at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital on Monday when she discovered her black and white Cannondale bike was gone.

The 54-year-old had ridden it to work on Monday morning and left it in a bike shed outside the hospital – but unbeknown to her at the time, one of the entrances wasn’t secure.

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Rayna, who lives in Sheffield, told The Star: “I was absolutely devastated when I realised it had been stolen.

“I went into a state of shock.

“Whoever did this is scum of the earth – they are the lowest of the low.

“It makes you sick to think there are people like that targeting those who are working in a hospital during a pandemic.

Rayna Foletti's Cannondale bike which was stolen.Rayna Foletti's Cannondale bike which was stolen.
Rayna Foletti's Cannondale bike which was stolen.

“I’m still so upset.”

Rayna added: “I expected it to be safe in the bike shed – but they got in through a non-secure entrance which I didn’t know about, cut through the thick lock and made off with my bike.

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“I loved that bike – I bought it for £800 in 2013 and really cared for it over the years.

“I’m now having to drive to and from work and I’m really missing the exercise.”

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Rayna Foletti.

Rayna said she reported the crime to South Yorkshire Police but didn’t expect investigations to progress due to a lack of CCTV evidence.

Anyone with information about the offence is urged to call the force on 101.