BECKSMOBILE NICKED; Raiders target Madrid star's pounds 100k bullet-proof BMW.

Byline: By Steven Ventura

DAVID BECKHAM had his pounds 100,000 bullet-proof car stolen by a gang of thieves - after an employee took it for a spin.

The off-road BMW had been parked in a street near the England skipper's pounds 5million mansion in Madrid when it was driven away.

A source close to the Real Madrid player said: "David loves his cars and he wasn't happy when he heard. He had lent the BMW to an employee who was staying near the Beckhams' home. It was parked in the street and got stolen overnight.

"The police suspect a gang of professional car thieves who spotted its value. They don't think they even know it belongs to David."

The silver-grey X5 - which is left-hand drive and has Spanish plates - was parked outside the Eurostars Gran Madrid hotel in La Moraleja.

The hotel is in the exclusive suburb where Posh and Becks live with sons Brooklyn, six, Romeo, three,and eight-month-old Cruz.

A hotel source said: "The guy was frantic with worry when he went outside in the morning and the car wasn't there. He never mentioned it belonged to David Beckham."

Last night, a spokesman for Beckham confirmed: "The car was being used by an employee when it was stolen from outside a hotel

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GONE: David Beckham, left, ferried their kids around in the special 4x4, which was fitted with a state-of-the-art cinema system