GMTV's Andrew Castle gets stolen car back

GMTV's Andrew Castle gets stolen car back
GMTV's Andrew Castle gets stolen car back (Image credit: PA Archive/Press Association Ima)

Andrew Castle's luxury car has been returned to him by police after it was stolen from outside his home. The GMTV host said he held little hope of seeing his £40,000 Jaguar XF again after it disappeared from his street in Balham, south London - but an eagle-eyed beat officer spotted it abandoned and undamaged in Norbiton, south-west London, two weeks later. Former British No 1 tennis player Andrew, 46, said: "I was a bit shocked by the phone call from police as I never expected the car would be found - I was quickly told that it had been found and it had not been damaged at all, my day just got brighter." Police said inquiries are under way to trace the thief who may have towed the car away or used a low-loader as its keys were not taken. The theft took place in the early hours of January 6 and the car was found in Waters Square, Norbiton, on January 21. Community support officer Graham Brown, who found the car, said he realised the car was out of place immediately and further checks revealed it was stolen. Sergeant Andrew Rice, who leads the Norbiton Safer Neighbourhood team, said officers have several clues about the identities of the culprits.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.