Cops ‘seized Lamborghini and went for joy ride at double the speed limit’

POLICE who seized a £200,000 claiming it had no insurance took it for a spin and drove at twice the legal speed limit, it has been alleged.

By Tom Evans

Officers confiscated the supercar, owned by London-based firm City Supercars, after checks mistakenly showed it had no insurance.

But the company’s managing director says his tracker records show that officers drove at speeds of up to 63mph – all in a 30mph limit.

He posted a Tweet to @MetPolice saying : "Your officers unlawfully impounded our Lamborghini tonight & went for joy ride at over double speed limit."

@metpoliceuk your officers unlawfully impounded our Lamborghini tonight&went for joy ride at over double speed limit pic.twitter.com/pCpnG9C6Ss

— CitySupercars London (@citysupercars) June 2, 2016

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There was no reply to the Tweet.

The car was pulled over yesterday as a delivery driver was taking it to be collected by a client at a hotel near Heathrow Airport.

City Supercars’ managing director Erwyn Mackee said there was confusion because the company had recently changed its insurance company and the new details had not registered on the national insurance database.

He also said the Met officers refused to believe a letter he sent to them from the insurance broker saying he could have photoshopped the document.

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He told the Evening Standard: "Eventually they said they were going to impound the car.

"But each of our cars has a tracker fitted so we can follow what is happening to them and I could not believe it when I saw the car was being driven over double the speed limit.

"The police pound is just across the road from where the car was stopped but the officer obviously decided to take the long way round."

Mr Mackee, whose company also hires out Ferraris, Aston Martins and Bentleys, claims he will make a formal complaint about the police actions to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

He has made no complaint about the condition of the car after it was returned to him.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: "At around 01:00hrs on 2 June, officers on routine patrol in Bath Road near to Heathrow Airport pulled over the driver of a Lamborghini on suspicion of driving without insurance.

"The car was taken to a pound near to Heathrow police station. It was driven there by an officer via the Northern Perimeter Road, which we are satisfied is a direct route.

"Locally this matter will be looked into to establish the exact circumstances of what took place.

"It was established that the vehicle did have adequate insurance, which had been arranged on 1 June, but the details had not been added to Motor Insurance Bureau records.

"The vehicle was returned to its owner at 08:30hrs on 2 June."