A dad was left who found mysterious scratches on the bonnet of his new car discovered it was his own son clearing the snow with a shovel.
Humphrey Grimmett, 46, was shocked when he reviewed CCTV footage from outside his house to find the culprit of the damage, which he expects will cost £1,000, was his own seven-year-old-son. The video shows his son last Monday, December 12, using a massive shovel to helpfully remove snow from his dad's car - which was only bought six months ago.
Mr Grimmet, from near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, said: "It wasn't until Wednesday that I saw the scratches, they're absolutely terrible, massive scrapes. I checked the cameras to see what happened and there my son was using a shovel he found outside from building work we were doing to get the snow off.
"When he got home from school I asked him, if he knew why there were so many scratches on daddy's car, and when he said no I asked whether he'd been taking snow off of it. He looked at me with his big blue eyes and said 'yes', and when I asked why he did it with a shovel he said he thought it would be satisfying, bless him. The ironic thing is that the car wasn't even going anywhere, he just wanted to help out."
