This is the secret compartment a conman built in his lock-up
to hide an £88,000 classic car from the authorities.
Fraudster Alan Dykes made a false wall in the storage unit
where he sneakily kept the Jaguar XK120.
The 55-year-old, from Poole in Dorset,
had been convicted in 2011 of obtaining a money transfer of £45,000 by
deception.
In the confiscation hearing that followed he told the
authorities he had no realisable assets and that his beloved Jaguar had gone
abroad.
But a police investigation led them to a set of agricultural
buildings linked to Dykes and an eagle-eyed officer noticed one stud wall
protruded 2ft from another.
Officers knocked the flimsy wall down to find the silver
Jaguar behind it.
Dykes was re-arrested and charged with perjury and
perverting the course of justice.
He was found guilty and jailed for a year.
Culled from DAILY MAIL
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