BURNT out case... all that is left of a car stolen from Teignmouth and set alight outside the resort’s golf club.

The vehicle was taken from Westbrook Avenue in the middle of the night on Sunday before being torched at the remote beauty spot.

Sean Brogan, a friend of the luckless owner, said: ‘What happened still came as a great shock. Although it was an old car it only had 20,000 miles on the clock.’

He added: ‘It was totally destroyed. This way there would be no forensic evidence available.’

It’s thought another car was taken from the town on the same day and at the same time.