Getting back to good-old-fashion skulduggery, a young driver from Órgiva had his car stolen whilst he was otherwise occupied, attending a call of nature (defecating). Well, that was his version, but the Guardia Civil beg to differ because they have arrested him for making a false car-theft report. Read on.

Strangely enough, the lad reported that his car had been stolen moments after he rocketed past a speed camera. According to the driver, he had been driving along – at an exemplary speed – with his girlfriend, along the N-340 within the municipality of Castel de Ferro. Suddenly, he was struck by an implacable necessity to empty his bowels. His girlfriend also got out of the car, he claimed, leaving it unattended.

Then, he complained, two dastardly individuals jumped into his car and as he was unable to ‘cut short’ what he was doing, he could only witness their driving off in his car. He explained that he was in such a rush to ‘download’ that he left the keys in the ignition. However, thanks to a stroke of luck, some friends drove by moments after and were able to rescue them. Off they all set, in hot pursuit, only to find, seven kilometres further one – just the other side of the said speed camera – they found his car, abandoned.

The Guardia Civil, clean out of gullibility, dug a little deeper, examined the images from the speed camera and suggested to him that he might like to revise his statement. He owned up to inventing the whole thing and now faces criminal charges as well as a speeding fine.