Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been blamed for inspiring yobs to tip over a Reliant Robin.

Artist Lucy Sparrow said her beloved, battered and rusty three wheeler was her pride and joy before vandals turned her world – and her car – upside down.

To make matters worse, the car, which was left obstructing a road, was towed away and impounded on instructions by Sussex Police.

Ms Sparrow has blamed Clarkson, arguing it was a copycat attack following a recent episode of the BBC2 motoring programme in which the presenter turned corners sharply in a Reliant Robin so the car tipped over.

Now she is thinking of writing to the BBC demanding the corporation pays the massive release fee.

For full report see today's Argus.