A stingy motorist was left ruing his false economy when his cunning parking spot proved not to be so clever after all.
In order to avoid the £2 fee at a nearby car park, the driver used to leave his sports car on a public slipway.
But this plan badly backfired when the tide came in and started carrying his flash motor out to sea, as a watching policeman was powerless to help.

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The Alfa Romeo Spider, which would cost around £30,000 new, had been left on a slipway in Portsmouth, near the city's Historic Dockyard, while its owner commuted to London.

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Although the slipway is clearly marked as being exclusively for the use of fishermen to load and unload their boats, the motorist parked there on Friday morning and took a train to London.
Around lunchtime, the tide started to come in, and the car was soon engulfed.

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The car's owner could not be contacted, but police tracked down his son-in-law, Steve Sterling.
Mr Sterling said, 'He's had the car for a few years and it really is his pride and joy.
'He will be upset when he finds out what's happened to it. It's ridiculous.'
However, a local fisherman was unsympathetic: 'He's not supposed to be here.
'This area is only for the fishing boys to load their nets but he still parks here every day.'
There is a car park across the road from the slipway.


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