The Daily Record - A POLICE fleet manager stole one of the force’s unmarked cars and gave it to his wife.

The CID runaround had become unreliable and should have been sent to auction, a court was told.

But Alexander Gray, 39, had the four-year-old Peugeot 307 dealer-serviced, repaired and re-registered in his wife Anne’s name.

It remained in the police garage for a short time afterwards and during this spell a policewoman who used the car was told off by Gray.

Neil Kinnear, prosecuting, told Stirling Sheriff Court: “When she brought it back, Mr Gray told her it was no longer to be used, as it had been sold to his wife.”

Gray was rumbled after a clerk noticed a discrepancy between the force’s car insurance records and a list of police vehicles in commission.

He told her the car, which had a book value of £3600, had been sold at auction along with four other surplus vehicles, in accordance with force practice.

Posted: 02|22|07 at 9:52 am. Filed under: UK News.