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Article: Pc SOLD ME STOLEN CAR; Ordeal of arrested teenager.
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- Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
- Article date:
- April 24, 1998
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TEENAGER Mark Cornbill told today of his horror when he was arrested driving a stolen car which he bought from a Birmingham policeman.
"It was the biggest shock of my life," said the 19-year-old garage worker who ended up being locked in a police cell and held in custody for more than four hours.
"When you buy a car from a police officer you don't expect to find out it had been nicked."
Mark, who lives in Fernhill Road, Olton, Solihull, was held in custody last month for more than four hours at Acocks Green police station and was finally released ...