27 Nov, 2020 @ 14:36
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British expat instagrammer arrested after sharing videos of him and pals dumping car in riverbed on Spain’s Costa del Sol

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A BRITISH instagrammer has been arrested for performing dangerous driving manoeuvres and dumping a car in a riverbed in Marbella. 

The 27-year-old expat is charged with several crimes against road safety and the environment after uploading videos to Instagram showing him and pals driving recklessly in different vehicles. 

In one video the group is seen dumping a BMW into a riverbed, causing a risk of ‘serious contamination’, a police statement read. 

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SHAMEFUL: British instagrammer and pals push BMW into riverbed in Marbella (CREDIT: Policia Nacional)

Police analysed the videos, which showed the suspect removing and using the same licence plate on several different vehicles. 

When they tracked him down and cuffed him in Marbella, they seized two cars carrying the same plate. 

The Brit has therefore also been charged with falsification of documents.  

Another six people who were implicated in the videos have also been charged.

A judge has ordered that of all the recordings be deleted from social media.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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