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The Sun
4 days ago
- Automotive
- The Sun
YouTube star has £30k Porsche stolen by crooks who used it as battering ram in brazen petrol station raid
A LUXURY Porsche was used as a battering ram by crooks in a brazen raid on a petrol station - just minutes after it was stolen from an MOT centre. The SUV, which belongs to used car dealer Joe Betty - known for his YouTube channel Shifting Metal - was stolen from a site in Highbridge, Somerset, and then used in a ram raid on a nearby Asda. 3 3 3 According to Car Dealer Mag, a group of men broke into the garage and took off with the Cayenne, as well as a Ford S-Max. Both cars were then driven to an Asda petrol station, where they were used as battering rams in an attempt to get inside. The Porsche, a high-end, V8 S Tiptronic S model from 2015 that's typically priced between £15,000 to £30,000, was purchased by Betty just days before the incident. He'd even lined up a buyer for it and had taken a deposit when he'd sent it for an MOT test. He said: 'I bought it from an auction on the Monday, we drove it back on the same day and incredibly it was one of those rare occasions in the motor trade where we'd taken a deposit and it was ready to go out when it was stolen on the Thursday night. 'We phoned the customer that morning, just letting them know. 'They are still trying to buy another car from us but it's finding the right car for them now, because it was a very nice spec model and had all the right things they wanted. 'I haven't seen it as it's currently at a recovery yard and I'm waiting to see what happens with the MOT centre and insurance. 'From what I could see [at the petrol station], it looked like it had lost engine oil. "Some rumours I'd heard from a couple of different places was that it was left running. Watch moment car thief boy, 9, sneaks into uninsured £135k PORSCHE to go on daring joyride - but it doesn't end well 'If that's the case then the engine will be no good anymore. 'The back end of the car I haven't seen unfortunately, because the last time I saw it had an Asda Express parked on it but I can't imagine it's great. 'I think it would probably be salvageable if it weren't for the engine. It would certainly be thousands of pounds of work, I would guess.' The damage occurred when the crooks reversed the Porsche into the main entrance of the store, before seemingly getting it stuck on a metal pillar. Meanwhile, the Ford was smashed into a smaller unit outside the store. The group later escaped the scene in a getaway vehicle which was on false plates. According to Betty, police took DNA evidence at the scene, but he doubts the gang will be found. He added: 'I think in the motor trade you kind of just get used to these weird and wonderful problems that you have. 'I'm quite nonchalant about it at the moment but I imagine, as it drags on and is just trickling in the background, it get more upsetting. 'It has made us think about our own security, I guess. 'We've had someone try to steal a car from the forecourt before. They smashed the window of a Fiesta ST, but set the alarm off and ran away but that's about it, really. 'We've been quite lucky up until now, in a sense but this has definitely tipped the scale. 'The police are working on it, but other than perhaps getting some DNA, which they've taken swabs from the scene, I don't think they've got much to go on, because everyone was wearing masks and the getaway car was on cloned plates. 'The footage that we had of them cutting into the MOT centre, they were so nonchalant about it that I think this is not their first rodeo. 'They've done it before and I don't think there's much hope of conviction coming to be honest.' A spokesperson for Somerset and Avon Police said: ''At 3.44am on Friday 23 May we received a report of a group of men trying to force entry to a building off the A371 in Locking. 'Officers arrived five minutes later and found the group had left the area after damaging the building. 'Officers carried out a search of the area, supported by a specialist dog team, but no one was located. 'A black Porsche Cayenne and a grey Ford S-Max were found damaged at the scene. Both vehicles are believed to have been stolen during a burglary in Commerce Way, Highbridge earlier in the night. 'The group of men are believed to have left the area in a blue Audi Q5. They were wearing black clothing and balaclavas. 'Anyone with information is asked to call 101, using the reference number 5225143650.'
BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Ram-raiders steal cash machine from Leicester Co-op store
A cash machine was stolen in a ram-raid on a Co-op store in Leicester, police have Police said they were called to the shop near the junction of London Road and Stoughton Road at about 03:30 BST on force said it was reported that a Mitsubishi Shogun had been driven at the front of the said they found the cash machine inside, which contained an unknown quantity of cash, had been stolen. Police said a group of men were reported to have left the area in a grey Misubishi was later found abandoned in nearby Elmsleigh Sgt Robert Smith said: "Our investigation is ongoing this morning and I'd like to speak to anyone who may have information that could help."While it happened in the early hours, the shop is on a main route in and out of the city and there may have been people in the area."
The Sun
7 days ago
- The Sun
Urgent hunt for ‘ram raid' suspect after car ‘ploughed into posh London auction house' teeming with jewels & paintings
A POSH London auction house appears to have been ram raided by a car in an aggravated burglary. The incident occurred in the early hours of this morning and reportedly saw a car smash into the front of a building. 3 The Phillips Gallery on Berkley Square, Mayfair, closed for the bank holiday, looks to have been the target of a ram raid. A blue Mercedes appears to have rammed into the front of the upmarket auction house in the early hours of this morning. The front of the building can be seen completely smashed up with the car stopped on the pavement outside. The building's glass door has been shattered and torn from the hinges by the impact of the vehicle. The blue car, left abandoned on the pavement outside the gallery, has been left with dents and scratches from the impact. Police are treating the incident as an aggravated burglary and have launched an investigation. Officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. They have been unable to confirm if anything was stolen from the auction house. A crime scene has been set up around the auction house with police tape blocking off the area. The Phillips Gallery auctions art, design, watches, and jewels worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Met Police said: " Officers are investigating a suspected aggravated burglary at a commercial property in Berkley Square at 04:14 hours on Monday, 26 May. A crime scene remains in plce while initial enquiries are conducted. Id you have any information relating to the incident please contact the Met on 101, quoting 1114/26May. "No arrests have been made at this stage." 3 3
Daily Mail
25-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Moment masked gang drive their Volkswagen into a Co-op - before driving off with the cash machine
A gang of masked robbers smashed a car into a Co-op store in a dramatic ram-raid before making off with the cash machine. The brazen criminals drove a dark Volkswagen Touareg straight into the front of the convenience store in Christchurch, Dorset, in the early hours of Saturday morning. Witnesses reported seeing the group using an array of tools to rip the ATM from the wall and haul it into the back of the vehicle. A second vehicle, a blue Audi RS3, was also spotted speeding away from the scene shortly after the raid, which took place at around 2:30am. Police were called and arrived within minutes, cordoning off the area at 2:43am as a full investigation was launched. A spokesperson from Dorset police confirmed: 'A full investigation has been launched to determine the full circumstances of the incident.' The Co-op store has since re-opened, but staff and residents have been left shaken by the ordeal. A spokesperson for the Co-op said: 'There was an incident in the early hours of yesterday morning where there was an attack on the community's ATM. 'We appeal for anyone who may have seen or heard anything to come forward to Police, who are investigating. 'We would like to thank the Police for the speed of their response. The store is now reopen to serve the community.' No arrests have yet been made, and police are urging anyone with information or dashcam footage from the area to come forward. It comes after two masked robbers were captured on CCTV as they ripped out a shop till while threatening a shopkeeper with a metal wrench. The terrified member of staff was standing behind the counter of the shop in Newport, South Wales, when it was raided by the masked suspects in December. Footage from security cameras shows one robber repeatedly slamming the large metal tool on the shop counter before ripping out the till. And earlier this month, two masked teenagers who robbed a great-grandmother in her own home before leaving her alone for hours as she lay injured on the floor and crying out for 'mummy', were locked up for two years in a youth detention centre. Joy Middleditch, 82, died just days after she was discovered seriously injured inside her bungalow in Pakefield, Suffolk, by her family, having been left on the floor for 12 hours after she was burgled and robbed. She was conscious and breathing, but found to have five broken ribs and bruising before dying in James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth on March 27, 2023.
BBC News
23-05-2025
- BBC News
Ram-raiders dump Porsche used to smash Asda petrol station
A luxury car was used to smash into a shop in a ram-raid and then abandoned at the scene by a group of men wearing were called to reports of a group of men trying to force entry at an Asda Express petrol station off the A371 in Locking, near Weston-super-Mare, at 03:44 arrived five minutes later and found the group had fled from the area after damaging the building. A black Porsche Cayenne and a grey Ford S-Max were found at the men, wearing black clothing and balaclavas, are believed to have left in a blue Audi Q5, Avon and Somerset Police said. Officers carried out a search of the area, supported by a specialist dog team, but no-one was located."An investigation is under way and CCTV has been reviewed as part of this work," a police spokesperson said."A cordon is in place to allow crime scene investigators to examine the area."
