The mother of a teenager accused of stealing a supercar and a luxury 4×4 from the driveway of an Aberdeen mansion said there was no way her son committed the crime – as he was in bed sleeping, “sucking his thumb”.
Connor Smart is on trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court accused of taking the £100,000 Lamborghini Gallardo and a £70,000 BMW X5 as the owners slept inside their home at Oakhill Grange.
The white Lamborghini was recovered in the early hours of the morning after it crashed into a red van at Lewis Road, in Sheddocksley, last August.
Smart, 18, is accused of taking the sports cars aswell as stealing thousands of pounds worth of goods from the property alongside 17-year-old Jason Smart.
Both have lodged special defences of alibi, stating they were at home at the time of the offences.
Grant has also lodged the special defence of incrimination and claims that another man, whose whereabouts is unknown, was to blame.
During the second day of their trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday, fiscal depute Saima Rasheed said it was not disputed by anyone involved in the case that when Smart was arrested by police in the hours after the alleged theft, he told officers: “Da worry about it. The boys will be out in the X5 later tonight.”
When Smart’s mother, Susan Reid, appeared to give evidence in the case yesterday, she said her son could not have been involved as he was at home all night.
She said that when she looked on him around the time of the alleged theft, he was sleeping.
Ms Rasheed asked her: “How do you know he was actually asleep?”
“Connor was actually sucking his thumb,” she replied.
“Is that something as his mother that you are aware he does asleep?” asked Ms Rasheed.
“Yes,” she said.
The trial also heard from PC Alexander Jamieson, who went through a set of handwritten notes taken during Smart’s police interview.
“You have been identified as the driver of the Lamborghini – can you explain this?” officers had asked him.
“How can you identify anyone wearing a balaclava?” Smart had replied.
“How do you know that they were wearing a balaclava?” he was asked.
“Because if you went to steal a car what would you wear on your heed?” Smart replied.
PC Jamieson also insisted he was certain a hooded man who was captured on CCTV trying to open the front door of the Oakhill Grange property was Smart.
The trial continues.