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James Holt & Elaine Blackburne

Couple's car caught speeding in Manchester as they took Spanish break

A couple was left stunned after being given a speeding ticket for their car - despite being hundreds of miles away in another country. Gary Thornburn and Clare Beards had left their Golf GTi at Manchester Airport before jetting off to Murcia in southern Spain.

But they returned from their 13-day break to a letter telling them their car had been caught speeding two days after they had left even though it was locked in a secure compound. But what is baffling the pair is how their car could have been speeding when bosses at the car park insist it never left their premises.

The couple from Leeds, left their car at the Manchester Terminal 3 Meet and Greet on August 3, then set off on their trip. But they returned on August 16 to find the unwelcome letter, reports the Manchester Evening News.

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