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Martin Compston 'robbed' after swimming and left with nothing but his Bart Simpson boxers

Greenock's Martin Compston has revealed he was robbed whilst swimming leaving him nothing but his Bart Simpson boxers.

Speaking on his podcast called Restless Natives alongside Gordon Smart, the Line of Duty actor said that he used to go swimming during the weekends as a kid growing up and would always put his personal items in a locker.

Sadly however, the actor, who is also set to star in season two of Amazon Prime's The Rig, on one occasion lost his key and upon returning, he found that someone had found his key and had taken everything - but one thing.

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He said: "We would go swimming on a Saturday. You put all your stuff in your locker and then you have your locker key on your arm. I remember about 45 minutes in and I went 'where’s my locker key, I can’t find it', and then you start panicking and going how long have I not had that for.

"I got back to my locker and you could see the key in the door, which means somebody had found it but they took everything including my new Air Max Alluma Yellow trainers but left my Bart Simpson boxers."

Gordon joked: "I was about to say your He-Man pants."

The 38-year-old continued: "Standing in your boxers while all your friends tear you to shreds, and you’ve got to phone your dad to come get you, who’s obviously not happy with you anyway.

"When he got down he was going off his nut and he said he wanted to see the CCTV, but it wasn’t working so his decision was to make me go in the paper and it still haunts me to this day.

"There’s this picture of me with my elbows on the table, with my chin in my hands looking glum out the window saying ‘Young man robbed of everything’."

Pal and co-host Gordon added: "There’s only one thing more depressing than being the person with your head in your hands, and that’s being the reporter who spent three years at university studying to go and interview you, who’s clearly had his trainers robbed off him because he’s a daftie."

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