Mum furious after mystery car appears on her driveway - and she can't get it removed

A mum was furious to find a mystery car parked on her driveway, which has now been there for five days. Debbie Flynn, who lives within five miles of Birmingham Airport, believes her driveway has been fraudulently sold to a holidaymaker through a parking app.

Debbie and her partner Leon woke up to discover the silver Vauxhall Mokka next to her garage off Outmore Road, Garrett's Green. The mum-of-two says that although she has contacted the police, she cannot get the car removed from her property.

Debbie said West Midlands Police confirmed the Vauxhall is not stolen but said they are powerless to move it as it's a civil rather than criminal matter, Birmingham Live reports.

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"It's like the car just dropped out of the sky," she said. "It's a complete mystery. We don't understand how or why this has happened but as the owner hasn't returned all week, we suspect it's due to someone selling a space on my drive close to the airport."

"We went to bed about 10.30pm on Tuesday night (April 12) and when my partner woke the next morning, it was parked on our drive," added Debbie. "The cheeky g*ts opened my gate and parked it and shut the gates after leaving it on the grass.

"The police officer who came to see us said he had never seen anything like this in all his years. I am fuming because there is no law to stop anyone parking on your drive.

"It's totally legal so the police can't help. Yet if we try and move it and damage it, then we would have committed a criminal offence. The kids can't even play outside on the drive now, in case they kick a ball or something and accidentally damage it."

Debbie has put