Cardiac arrest survivor calls for Government to scrap VAT on defibrillators

Footballer Jack Hurley survived a cardiac arrest aged 19 years old after teammates used a defibrillator on him (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

A young footballer has handed in a petition to Downing Street calling on the Government to scrap VAT from all defibrillator purchases after the device saved his life.

Jack Hurley was 19 years old and had no known heart issues when he collapsed on the football pitch in Husbands Bosworth, in Leicestershire, while playing a match in June last year.