KB-2024-001402 - [2025] EWHC 2492 (KB)

The sale of the Burned Passat

Khan was the policyholder in respect of the Burned Passat. The police interviewed Mr Maqsood Khan on 21^st July 2021. His statement says that he owned the Burned Passat from 2010 until he sold it on 5 June 2021. He went to Oma Autos on 5 June 2021 after midday with the car in order to sell it. Three males came to the garage to see the vehicle. The tallest of the three men was mixed race, 6 foot in height and of a slim/fit build with a moustache and clean shaven sides to his face, who spoke with a London accent and Mr Khan had the impression he was possibly Somalian. The three men took the car on a test drive around the block and they bought it for £1,300. He handed over the V5 and says the new keeper was listed as Roman Bair. He went home then realised he had left the spare car key at home and a parking permit in the car and went to 322 Streatham High Road (the address on the V5) to hand the key to Roman Bair, but no one knew who he was.