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RISKbitz: Media news from our man in the funny glasses

15 June 2009

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THE ONLINE MOTOR insurer Birdbraincover has defended its decision to use 12-year-old car jacker and YouTube star Kyle Chavbutt as the star of its latest ad poster campaign. Chavbutt gained notoriety when film of him speeding around the London North Circular in a stolen car while smoking a crack pipe attracted millions of viewers.

Complaints to the advertising standards authority from people with nothing better to do pointed out that Chavbutt...


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