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This is the moment a heartless yob destroys a severely disabled five-year-old girls’ £10,000 hydrotherapy pool beyond repair.

Evie Carr was born with a condition which means she will never be able to walk without assistance.

Her pool drastically improved her muscle strength and coordination, but she now has to go without it after a vandal destroyed it in the dead of night.

The criminal was caught on CCTV and now the family from Bildworth, Nottinghamshire, are appealing for anyone with information to go to police.


Dad Jonathan said: ‘Whoever has done this is a vile and vindictive person and is the lowest of the low.

Evie’s life was ‘completely changed’ by the hydrotherapy pool (Picture: SWNS)

‘It is breaking my heart even to look at it. It is completely ruined and Michelle is heartbroken.



‘We have both been in tears about it. I have no words to describe what they have done and the damage they have caused.

‘The effect it will have is massive. Evie loves the pool and you can see from the videos how much she enjoys it.

‘She can’t move in the same way out of the water like she can in the water. It’s the worst thing anyone could ever do to us.’

At five-months old Evie was diagnosed with a rare developmental condition called pachygyria.

Her family are stunned by how ‘cold and calculated’ the vandal was (Picture: SWNS)

Seeing the damage made Evie’s dad ‘sick to his stomach’ (Picture: SWNS)

She also has epilepsy, cerebral palsy, feeding and swallowing difficulties, as well as a small head.

Evie learnt to swim at a public pool before the local community rallied around the family and bought her a pool for £8,600 in October 2016, along with £2,000 worth of landscaping and decking.

Despite being unable to walk without a harness, She’s been able to swim without any support since she was 18 months old.

Asbestos analyst Jonathan said: ‘It really has changed her life. It brings a smile to my face to see her in the pool.

‘She’s a happy girl anyway but she completely changes when she gets into the water.’

Police are hunting for the culprit who was filmed sneaking into the garden at night (Picture: SWNS)

Mum Michelle came home on Thursday and heard the pool making strange noises (Picture: SWNS)

When Evie’s mum Michelle came home from work on Thursday she heard the pool making a strange noise and discovered it had been filled with thick black paint.

She sent Jonathan a picture of the damage which made him feel ‘sick to the stomach’.

He added: ‘It’s hard to describe the effect it will have on us all.’

As soon as the discovery was made Jonathan checked the CCTV footage and found paint had been put in three days ago.

He distraught dad added: ‘It is ruined beyond repair. It’s hard to sum up how I feel. It’s the hardest thing anyone could hit us with.

The family say the expensive pool is ‘ruined beyond repair’ (Picture: SWNS)

Evie has several conditions including pachygyria, cerebral palsy and epilepsy (Picture: SWNS)

‘I am so angry. It is cold and calculated and someone has clearly gone out of their way to do this.

‘It is a planned move and the person knew exactly what they were doing.’

The family say a replacement will set them back £15,000 and are trying to raise funds.



Chief inspector Liz Rogers of Nottinghamshire Police says the force is investigating the damage.

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