Workshop spotted senior manager had been stealing Porsche car parts

A former manager of an independent Porsche specialist was given three months to repay tens of thousands of pounds to his former employer or face going to prison.

Scott McCurdy stole Porsche car parts estimated to be worth £100,000 in retail value over a six year period while he was operations manager, and sold them online for personal gain.

He would order the trade parts, which included Porsche merchandise and parts for the Porsche Macan and Cayenne SUVs, and then sell them to retail buyers.

His employer, the Dorset-based Porsche restoration Canford Classics, is a sports car specialist and didn't even work on Porsche's SUVs.

After McCurdy left Canford Classics in 2021, a routine stock take identified a number of unusual records.