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Cheap car insurance news - Young drivers warned about Bishop car insurance threat

Things to look out for when leaving your car parked in central London (if you want to avoid a costly young driver car insurance quote): car thieves; traffic wardens; children playing football and other ball games; double yellow lines; a flock of pigeons; and the Bishop of Southwark.

Why the Bishop of Southwark? Well, current Bishop the Rt Rev Tom Butler is fighting allegations that he broke into a parked Mercedes after a night on the tiles and threw children's toys out of the windows.

According to owner Nicola Sumpter, the intoxicated Bishop refused to get out of her car and had to be pulled out by her boyfriend. Then he fell over and cracked his head open.

When Sumpter asked the 66-year-old carjacker to explain himself, he replied: "I'm the Bishop of Southwark. It's what I do."

As if this weren't evidence enough to put him at the scene of the crime, Bishop Butler left his personal organiser, some Home Office papers and, perhaps most alarmingly of all, his cross behind when he eventually staggered off.

"He'd clearly had a glass of wine but does not recall being drunk as a skunk," said a spokesman, tactfully.

"Pleading forgetfulness wouldn't wash on a motor insurance claim form," said Mike Page, one of the young driver car insurance experts at Hoot.