An infuriated family who live near Birmingham Airport have claimed that they are completely powerless to move a mystery car left on their driveway by a holidaymaker who bought the space from fraudsters because it is a ‘civil matter, not a criminal one’.
Mother-of-two Debbie Flynn and her partner Leon have been trying to move the silver Vauxhall Mokka away from her garage in Garretts Green for the past five days, but officers from West Midlands Police said they can’t move it for her.
Miss Flynn is convinced that her own driveway has been sold to a holidaymaker through a parking app by fraudsters who have taken advantage of the space’s proximity to Birmingham Airport, which has gotten much busier since Covid restrictions were lifted.
‘I am fuming because there is no law to stop anyone parking on your drive,’ the mother-of-two raged.
‘It’s like the car just dropped out of the sky. It’s a complete mystery. We don’t understand how or why this has happened but as the owner hasn’t returned all week, we suspect it’s due to someone selling a space on my drive close to the airport.
Mother-of-two Debbie Flynn was left with a silver Vauxhall Mokka (left) next to her garage off Outmore Road, Garretts Green, on her driveway without being able to remove it after she claims fraudsters sold the parking space to holidaymakers flying from the nearby airport