DVLA Hallowe'en party poopers as car with no engine and 'dead body' inside clamped

The Anchor licensees Melissa and Lance Montgomery were left scratching their heads after a car used as a prop for their impressive pub decoration was clamped.

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The fact the blue Vauxhall Astra estate had no engine, only one front wheel, half the front missing and a ‘dead body’ in the front seat didn’t put off the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency as the yellow immobilising device was put in place on Monday morning.

The car was part of Melissa and Lance’s typically elaborate Hallowe’en display, which also featured boarded up windows and a host of scary goings-on inside the popular pub.

Melissa, who has been at the pub for two years, said she was stunned when DVLA workmen turned up to put on the clamp.

She said: “They seemed a bit embarassed to be honest and I felt quite sorry for them.

Melissa and Lance Montgomery bemused by the clamping

“I offered to make them a cup of tea!”

Stunned regulars could not believe their eyes and took to Facebook to voice their shock at what had gone on.

Martin Ainsworth said: “I have just been to The Anchor to say hi to my friends Mel and Lance and see how they got on with their Hallowe’en weekend and the DVLA have clamped the prop zombie car outside!

“They say it has no MOT.

It has also got no engine and half the front is missing, because it’s a Hallowe’en prop on private property.

“Are these people actually serious?”

Paul Fisher said: “Can’t belive what I witnessed this morning while waiting for the bus outside The Anchor. Some jobsworth clampping the Hallowe’en car.”

A DVLA spokeswoman said the car was clamped because it had no tax or statutory off road notification.

She said: “We do operate a comprehensive package of measures to ensure that vehicle tax is convenient to pay but very hard to avoid and our wheelclamping of untaxed vehicles helps ensure they are not driven untaxed on the road.”