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BY KEith MclEod A MOTORIST spent 12 hours hunting for his car after ScottishPower moved it so they could dig up a road.

Lawrence Rivers found a gaping hole where he had parked his Mercedes in Edinburgh.

The businessman, who was in the city to take part in Fringe comedy shows, rang police and ScottishPower but neither could tell him where his car had been moved to.

Lawrence traipsed about the city for ages, trying to find the Merc.

But it wasn’t until 12 hours later that his wife Asha, after ringing round all the vehicle recovery companies in Edinburgh, managed to contact the firm who had moved it.

Lawrence then found the car about a mile away from where he had parked it.

He said: “I spent hours walking the streets but there’s no way I would have found the car without Asha phoning round the vehicle recovery companies. Even then, the details of where it had been taken were a bit vague. “It was so random.” Father-of-one Lawrence, from A spokesman for SP Energy Networks Leicestershire, left his Airbnb digs in said: “Engineers had to carry out Dryden Street on Saturday morning to emergency repairs on Dryden Street to drive home. fix a cable fault that could have resulted He was carrying clothes on hangers, in power supplies being affected. his toiletries bag and his case – and “It is very rare that we need to remove he had posted the keys through the cars to get to a fault and when we do, letterbox after locking up. our contractors inform the police.

Lawrence said: “It was about 7am “We apologise for any concern caused and I was standing in a street in and we will investigate the issues Edinburgh with all the belongings I raised.”

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“I couldn’t drive home and I couldn’t go back to the accommodation.

“On a lamp-post, a sign had been left with a number to call. I called and left a message but never got a call back.

“When I phoned ScottishPower, I couldn’t get through to the proper department. When I eventually did, a recorded message said their office hours were Monday to Friday.

“ScottishPower didn’t tell the police where they had moved it to.

“At first, the police said they would find out for me. But a few hours into the search, they said they had drawn a blank. It was a comedy all of its own.”

Lawrence, 52, phoned Asha, 46, to help him find the motor.

He said: “I finally found the car at Tennant Street, following a full day of panicking.

“I get that emergencies happen and I don’t have an issue with that. But I do have an issue when no one knows where my car has gone.”