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A member of staff at St James's Hospital was knocked down by thieves who were stealing catalytic converters in the car park.

The thieves were removing a catalytic converter from a Honda Civic at 2.15pm on Friday, February 14, when they were spotted.

Members of staff then made their way to the car park to stop them but the group sped off in a blue/silver Ford Focus, hitting a 30-year-old man to the floor.

The car, bearing a cloned registration KX57 BGU, drove off into Gledhow Road.

The victim needed A&E treatment

He is recovering at home.

At about 11.30am that morning the same car was involved in the theft of a catalytic converter from a Toyota Prius at the Esso station, in Aire Valley Road, Temple Green.

The occupants of the vehicle are believed to be two or three males wearing sports-type clothing, with the lower halves of their faces covered.

The thieves used a Ford Focus bearing a cloned registration number.

Catalytic converters, which convert vehicle exhaust emissions into less toxic gases, are targeted because they contain high-value metals.

Catalytic converter thieves knock down man in St James's Hospital car park