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Ray Jane’s car was returned this week after it was stolen from his garage in August.
A meeting with his car means 87-year-old Ray Jane won’t be driving his walk-behind lawn mower down the road anytime soon.
Jane was stopped by a police officer in August, after driving her only form of transportation, the lawnmower, on the road.
He was on his way to the Napier Police Station to report that his car had been stolen.
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On Thursday, Jane’s blue Mazda was parked in her driveway and the lawnmower that drove into town has since been replaced with a new one.
“It’s great to have the car back, I really missed it. I was in town this morning, doing some shopping. I have some fries for my tea.
“Everything is settling down now, so it’s great.”
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Since then, Ray Jane has been reunited with his car after it was stolen in August of this year.
While the car was being repaired, the police contacted a local scooter company to give Jane an alternative means of transportation.
“These two young fullas loaned it to me while they were repairing the car, and they even cut my lawn, brought their own mower and everything,” Jane said.
“The scooter has been great, but the trails around Napier seem really rough and bumpy to me. So I took the mower out on the road, it was much smoother. “
On August 11, Jane had parked her new two-month-old Mazda Axela in her garage before going in to cook her dinner.
The garage is just a few feet from her house, but while Jane was cooking, someone jumped into the car and dragged it off the property.
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Ray Jane, 87, was seen driving his lawnmower into town after his car was stolen.
The police station was too far to walk, so Jane got her lawnmower out of the garage and headed into town.
Happily walking down the road, agent Sophia Holloway stopped him 3 kilometers from his home in Maraenui.
“She says ‘what are you doing?’ So I told him that my car had been stolen and that I was going to the police station to report it. She says ‘well, you can’t take your lawnmower,’ ”Jane said.
At Holloway’s request, he turned and headed home, closely followed by the police officer.
Once home, Holloway took Jane to the station to report her missing car and then to the supermarket to buy her supplies.
Jane’s wrecked car was found abandoned on a Hastings street on August 17.
The left front panel of the insured car had to be replaced, as did the engine. It also needed repairs to the dash where the wires had been pulled.
Jane said she still had visitors from Holloway since her adventure down the road.
“She still comes to check on me from time to time to make sure I’m okay. It’s lovely. ”
A police spokesman said a 19-year-old man had been charged and convicted of illegally getting into a motor vehicle.
