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Mon 23 Dec 2002 11:23
You'd banger believe it. - Jonathan {p}
From the Autotrader website.

"Man gets stolen car back - in better condition

20 December 2002
A Londoner whose old banger was stolen got it back - in better condition than before it was taken.
The Sun reports that the F-reg Nissan Sunny, which belonged to 25-year old Jonny Newman from West Hampstead, had a broken temperature gauge, fuel gauge and stereo when it was stolen, and it also overheated whenever it went over 40 mph. But four weeks after it was taken, police spotted it on the road and arrested the driver, returning the car to Jonny - who found that not only had its problems been sorted out, it had even had its engine tuned for a bit more go.

The police told Jonny that the car may have been prepared for use as a getaway car. Jonny said: "I was expecting it to be a real wreck, but it was better than ever... whoever took the Sunny obviously liked their cars and had treated the old girl well. I've done very well out of the whole incident."

That's one happy ending for a stolen car story, and here's another - a violent London gang responsible for stealing £350,000-worth of cars were jailed yesterday for a total of 80 years.

The seven youths, aged 17-20, stole 19 BMWs, Mercedes, Audis and Subarus, forcing their owners to hand over keys and carrying out 'car-jack' attacks, using guns and knifes and, in some cases, forcing their way into victims' homes to get their car keys.

The Snaresbrook court heard that the gang had modelled themselves on gangsters from violent films, and had imitated scenes of car-jackings they had seen on screen. They were also found guilty of robbing two betting shops, a building society, a post office and a supermarket."


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