Friday, April 13, 2007

The Balkan riddle of Beckham's missing armoured BMW

By Terri Judd
Published: 13 April 2007

Very few things about the footballer David Beckham - whether his lifestyle, hairstyle or tattoos - could be described as mundane. But the tale of his stolen BMW X5, which may, or may not be in the hands of a high-ranking Macedonian politician, is beginning to border on the bizarre.

The strange story began a year ago when thieves stole the £75,000 car from an underground car park while Beckham and his family lunched near their Madrid home. Resprayed and its details altered, it travelled through Greece and several owners later turned up in the town of Debar in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. continue...

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