Thursday 12 May 2022 11:53 PM Oxford cyclist appears in court after using bank cards dropped by fox in Cowley trends now
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Hussain Qasim, 36, pictured leaving Oxford Magistrates' Court on Wednesday (11 May). He was ordered to pay £250 compensation and a £22 victim surcharge
A cyclist has appeared in court for using bank cards found in a wallet that had been nabbed by a fox and then dropped in street.
The mischievous mammal helped itself to a wallet from under a car in Cowley, Oxfordshire, before ditching it.
Less than five minutes later, Qasim Hussain, 36, who was cycling down the road, discovered the fox's loot and used the bank cards at the BP garage on Oxford Road to buy £70 worth of cigarettes and alcohol.
The opportunist attempted to use the card four times and it was eventually declined.
When the owner of the wallet noticed it had gone missing he decided to check his CCTV only to discover