A RARE Mini Metro was stolen and found burnt out yesterday near Oakley on the Oxfordshire-Buckinghamshire border.

The jet black car was taken from Mark Road in Headington overnight on Saturday.

Its owner, 18-year-old Jamie Field, said it was one of 1,000 models made and one of just 10 of its kind registered in the UK.

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He had appealed for its whereabouts on Twitter, but it was later found by police Bernwood Forest.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Thames Valley Police on 101.