Police are investigating a blaze which destroyed a car at a farm just off the A127 near Basildon yesterday.
Scorched - what was left of the car in St Mary's Lane, North Ockendon Picture: DAVE HENDERSON
The blaze was at Puddledock Farm Fisheries in St Mary's Lane, North Ockendon.
It is believed the car, which was stolen from north London earlier in the week, may have been used in a street robbery.
The Metropolitan Police are investigating and a spokesman said: "The car was deliberately destroyed, possibly to get rid of forensic evidence."
Published Friday September 3, 2004
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