'Disgraceful' thieves steal £3,000 motorbike from outside Gilmerton care home which carer, 22, used to commute from Lanark

Cameron Steele’s KTM RC125 bike was nabbed by thieves from outside the Erskine Care Home in Gilmerton Road - near Morrisons supermarket - at around 10:20pm on November 27 as he worked the night shift.

The 22-year-old care assistant says he had been using the bike for the hour-long commute to work from his home near Lanark and that there was a steering lock and a chain tied around the rear wheel and bike frame which had been cut off.

Video footage from the care home that night shows two people stealing the motorbike and driving off on it.

Speaking to the Edinburgh Evening News on Friday, Cameron said: “It’s just disgraceful how people can steal a vehicle from anyone for a bit of fun and a bit of money from parts, if it made it that far, and it’s way too easy to steal a bike.

“I worked hard through the lockdowns, so it was a reward to myself but I only got out on it a few times.”

The motorbike itself is orange and black in colour with the registration plate AK16 MHM.

Cameron said he reported the theft to police on the night it was stolen and he received an update on Friday to say officers are checking local CCTV for possible leads.

A Police Scotland spokesperson confirmed inquiries into the incident are ongoing and anyone with information should call 101, quoting incident 4107 of 27 November.

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