Twitter users respond in their droves to Gary Lineker's stolen car appeal

Leon Poultney

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When Gary Lineker took to Twitter to lambast the 'rotters' who stole his mother's Vauxhall Corsa as she received dialysis treatment, he probably didn't expect to have over 12,000 followers offer their support within minutes.

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