Flatmate loads woman’s possessions into wrong car – which drives off

A woman has lost all her possessions after her flatmate loaded everything she owns into the wrong car – which then drove off. Faye Pounder, 25, was moving house when her flatmate Paul Robbins offered to carry her bags downstairs and load them into her white Citroen Xsara Picasso. But he mistakenly opened the boot of an identical silver Xsara Picasso which was parked outside their flat and left unlocked by its owner.

He dutifully loaded all of Faye’s belongings into the car – over £3,000 worth of clothes, documents, computers, and keepsakes. But when Faye emerged from the rented property a few hours later she was horrified to discover her car was sitting empty – while the other silver Citroen had disappeared.



She is now appealing to the owner of the other car to come forward and reunite her with her possessions. Faye said: ”It is an absolute nightmare. Everything of importance was in that car, I’d packed everything apart from the pots and pans which are useful but have no value.

”When I woke up the next morning I felt sick. I didn’t want to talk to anyone, it was just too awful to think about. The worst part is that my fiance had bought tickets for Alton Towers on Tuesday as a birthday treat for me but they were packed so we just sat at home instead. It is one of those things that you never, ever imagine happening but I suppose it is quite funny in a way.”