A man who left his vehicle in an East Midlands Airport car park says security needs to be stepped up after his catalytic converter was stolen. Derek Tonkin, 69, came back from a holiday in Spain with his wife and family and said when he got into his Toyota Auris, he was unable to drive it away.
Mr Tonkin, who is retired and lives in Bestwood Village, said when the AA arrived at the airport, one of its team members quickly established that the Toyota's catalytic converter had been taken. Derek Tonkin said: "We first parked up at the airport at 4.30am on October 20 for an early flight, and so someone has done this between then and 3pm on October 27.
"I was parked in the Mid Stay 3 car park and as I was pulling in, I saw that it had one of the Park Mark safety certificates on it, so to come back and find this was surprising. I'm wanting some answers now on why I paid a premium to park in a supposedly safe and secure car park and yet this has happened."
