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star Laurence Fox, who played DI James Hathaway in the ITV drama, is in need of his character’s crime-solving skills.

Yesterday, the 40-yearold actor was dismayed to discover his new navy Skoda Kodiaq vRS, worth £43,000, had been broken into near his home in South-East London. ‘Luckily, he didn’t have much in it — only his sunglasses and tobacco,’ said a friend.

The father-of-two, who has filed a police report, admits that his kids don’t mind the theft of the latter.