Mystery over random car parked on mum’s driveway for week is finally solved

The mystery behind a holidaymaker's car randomly parked on a Sheldon mum-of-two's driveway for nearly a week has been solved. Debbie Flynn, who neighbours Birmingham International Airport, was furious to find a silver Vauxhall Mokka mysteriously left next to her garage on Tuesday April 12. The baffled mum has spent seven days wondering why the motorist had gone so far as to unlock gates to her drive off Outmore Road, Garrett's Green, to purposely park there. Now she has found out after a note from her landlord. Debbie had suspected fraudsters had sold her drive as a cheap parking spot for the airport after police confirmed the car was not stolen and her landlord said he knew nothing about it. But the mum has now received an email from her landlord, who had forgotten he'd registered for a parking app years ago.
Debbie Flynn mentioned it was just like the car ‘simply dropped out of the sky’ (Image: BPM MEDIA)

A mum has lastly solved the thriller behind the random automotive that was parked on her driveway for almost per week.

Debbie Flynn was fuming when a ‘cheeky g*t’ unlocked her gate and left their silver Vauxhall Mokka on the grass subsequent to her storage.

She suspected fraudsters had offered her drive as an affordable parking spot, given she lives in Sheldon, close to Birmingham Worldwide Airport.

However her questions have been lastly answered when her landlord realised he’d fully forgotten he registered for a parking app years in the past.

The owner initially insisted he knew nothing concerning the car, which appeared to ‘simply drop out of the sky’ on Tuesday April 12.

‘My first thought when it occurred was that it was my landlord’, Debbie mentioned. ‘I did ship him a textual content that wasn’t very well mannered however when the owner made contact, he reassured me it wasn’t his automotive.’

Police informed a confused Debbie they couldn’t assist because it was a ‘civil and never felony matter’.

Additionally they warned she can be liable if she broken the automotive attempting to maneuver it off her driveway, simply off Outmore Highway, Garrett’s Inexperienced.

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The mum suspected fraudsters had taken benefit of her residing close to Birmingham Airport (Image: Shutterstock / Ceri Breeze)

‘It was a whole thriller’, Debbie mentioned. ‘The cheeky g*ts opened my gate and parked it and shut the gates after leaving it on the grass.

‘The police officer who got here to see us mentioned he had by no means seen something like this in all his years.’

Debbie wasn’t messing round as she and companion Leon put chains across the wheels of the automotive in a bid to power the perpetrator to personal up.

However all grew to become clear when she obtained a message from her landlord confessing his lapse in reminiscence.

Debbie mentioned: ‘He has simply checked his emails and a feminine driver has emailed him saying she has parked on his drive, gone on vacation and will probably be again subsequent week. I can’t consider it!’

Parking apps see residents hire house out on their property to make a bit of additional cash.

They've change into standard over the previous few years – particularly for these residing close to airports, prepare stations and metropolis centre websites.

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