Motorist mistakes stairs for short cut

A Chinese motorist ended up in trouble when he tried to take a short cut down a pedestrian flight of stairs.Shen Hu tried the Italian Job-style stunt in his brand new BMW when rush hour gridlock brought traffic to a standstill.

Shen, told police: "I don't really know the roads round here. I thought it might be a quick way out of the traffic jam."Now he is counting the cost of his stunt - after police charged him £1,000 to rescue the stranded motor and confiscated it until he paid up.

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