Appeal for return of medals stolen in Bolton-le-Sands

RAF Corporal Kylo Gorman, 28, from Bolton-le-Sands, was gutted when he discovered his two medals, one for his services in Afghanistan and one for service personnel for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, had been snatched from his wife’s car whilst it was parked on Sunnybank Avenue.

Kylo said: “My uniform was being readjusted so I had taken the medals off and put them in the centre console of the car.

“The car was broken into along with a number of other cars on the street.

“I’m not sentimental but they are my medals that I earned. I’m so gutted.

“The medals aren’t worth a great deal, one is selling on eBay for £20, its the sentimental value really.

“I’ve been keeping an eye out on the popular auction sites and the news has been spread a lot via social media.

“As time goes on I have become more overwhelmed, these are medals that my kids could be looking at.

“I can’t see what they (the thieves) would get out of it.

“It’s a pretty bad thing to do.

“One of the medals has SAC Kyle Gorman on it. My wife Kelly is devastated as well.

“There are some horrible people out there!”

Kylo, who has been in the RAF for 10 years, is leaving in April and will become a personal trainer at Bayfit on White Lund Industrial Estate.

Police said they were investigating the theft of the two military medals, which were taken from a car parked on Sunnybank Road, Bolton-le-Sands, between 9pm on January 4 and 8am on January 5.

Anyone with information should contact police on 101, Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or visit Crimestoppers-org,uk.