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He pulled up on the kerb on the opposite side of the road from the house, having changed the number plates on his Vauxhall Combo in a rural lay-by a couple of miles away. He knew it was away from any CCTV cameras and would allow him to get close enough to his target’s house without being traceable.
The registration on the new plates matched that of an identical Vauxhall Combo owned by a van hire company on the outskirts of Birmingham. He’d looked at van hire companies’ fleets online until he’d found one that matched. On the slight off-chance that someone mentioned to the police that they’d seen his van, the registration would lead them down a dead end.
Sure, they’d realise soon enough that false plates had been used. Then their first port of call would be to ‘show plate’ manufacturer
