A man, Marshall Leese, admits taking an ambulance with a patient inside after taking the vehicle from outside Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent. According to reports, Leese stole the ambulance shortly after 8pm on March 25. BBC News and the Daily Mail both describe the incident as involving the ambulance being taken from outside the hospital while the patient was still inside the vehicle. The accounts agree that Leese is 32 years old and that the pickup occurred at the hospital site in Stoke-on-Trent. The reports present the admission by Leese in connection with the theft of the ambulance under these circumstances. No further details about the patient’s condition, the patient’s identity, or the duration of time between the theft and any recovery of the ambulance are included in the provided summaries. The reporting indicates that the matter is being treated as a serious offence involving the misuse of emergency services equipment while a patient remained in the ambulance.