Man borrows Paul’s Austin Mini

Man who borrowed Beatle Paul’s car

Garage driver James Gordon, aged 35, “borrowed” Beatle Paul McCartney’s Mini-Cooper. He wanted to take some friends home, but he didn’t have permission to use the car.

Detective Sergeant John Cannings said at Marylebone Street court, London, yesterday that Gordon works at a garage in Marylebone High Street, London, where Beatle Paul’s car is kept.

Gordon had been drinking when he took the car, but he was not drunk. Gordon admitted taking the car without consent and using it without insurance. He was said to have three convictions for dishonesty, and he was remanded on bail until January 7 to produce his driving licence.

From Western Daily Press – December 28, 1965

BORROWED BEATLE’S CAR

Stopped by a police patrol while he was driving Beatle Paul McCartney’s Mini-Cooper car in Marylebone at 2.15 a.m. on Sunday, a driver employed at the garage in Marylebone High Street, where the car is kept admitted he had borrowed it without permission to run some friends home.

Det.-sgt. John Cammings said this at Marlborough Street Court on Monday when the driver, James Robert Gordon, 35, of Marylebone High Street, pleaded guilty to taking and driving away the car and using it without insurance coverage.

The sergeant told the magistrate, Mr. Edward Robey, that Gordon had been drinking at the time, but was not drunk.

Said to have two convictions for larceny and one for embezzlement, Gordon was remanded on bail until January 7 for production of his driving licence.

From Marylebone and Paddington Mercury, December 31, 1965