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Monday 20 July 2009
Distraught Michael Jackson fan Thomas Slater bought the perfect tribute to his hero – the personalised registration MJ09 KOP.
Immediately after hearing the news of Jackson’s death, the student from Hitchin visited DVLA Personalised Registrations’ website and, after toying with its search facility, spotted the combination MJ09 KOPand swiftly snapped it up using his savings from his part-time job at Sainsbury’s.
Unfortunately for the learner driver, he’ll only be able to hang the plate on his bedroom wall because, by his own admission, he’s unlikely to be able to afford a car suitable to place his personalised plate on “for some time”
Thomas, who is studying at North Hertfordshire College, said: “I was absolutely distraught when I heard the news about Michael dying. I’ve been an avid fan since I was six, and like all true fans I just wanted to pay tribute to the King of Pop.
“Don’t ask why, but I immediately went online and had a play with the DVLA’s search facility and to my delight MJ09 KOP was available. It only cost £390, being able to have his initials, the year of his death and the letters KOP for King of Pop as a registration for my car will always be with me even though I won’t be able to afford a car suitable for it for some time.”
Damian Lawson, DVLA Personalised Registrations’ Marketing Manager, said: “I take my hat off to Thomas’s ingenuity. With more than 30 million registrations on our database, his quick thinking and clever use of available letters and numbers gifted him his personal tribute to Michael Jackson.”
Hitchin Student Thomas Slater with his MJ09 KOP tribute to his idol Michael Jackson
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