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It comes a couple of days after Matthew Brinton, 35, said he received death threats when a Facebook video revealed he had previously owned the £50,000 sports car.
Matthew Brinton and his dog Hazel (Picture: SWNS)
A photo showed an Audi TT with a broken windscreen on a road in the
town yesterday and it is thought this was the same one Binton owned at
one point.
A clip had apparently shown him loading up the boot of a similar
vehicle in a car park on the same day he was begging with pet dog Hazel.
But police said they believed Brinton, who is a heroin addict with
mental health issues, had lost the car and any money he had and was now
back on the streets.
Newquay’s top cop, inspector Dave Meredith added threats had been
directed at Brinton, but none were deemed to present an immediate risk
to his safety.
‘He had a few threats, with people making stupid comments on social media,’ he said.
‘We’ve told him “you need to be careful because of the video on
Facebook; there’s lots of ill-feeling and animosity because of it.”‘
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