Try Not To Cry As A Confiscated Ferrari 458 Is Crushed

A 'rogue landlord' had his 458 Spider seized by police and crushed last year, and today footage of the car's untimely death has emerged on YouTube

This is definitely one of those lie down on the floor, try not to cry moments. And before you ask, yes, this is a real Ferrari 458 Spider being ripped to shreds.

Naturally, you’re probably wondering why, so let us take you through it. The car belonged to 30-year-old Zahid Khan, a millionaire businessman branded a ‘rogue landlord’ after forcing tenants out of his property in 2016. After three of the six charges against him were upheld, Khan was ordered to carry out 150 hours of community service. When turning up to an appeal hearing at Birmingham Crown Court, he parked and left the ill-fated Ferrari on the pavement.

Apparently believing it was stolen, police later seized the car. When trying to find out what had happened to it, Khan was told it had been destroyed, as it was without valid insurance and was classed as an un-roadworthy ‘category B’ insurance write-off that had been repaired after a serious accident. That said, UK law states that some parts can be salvaged from cat B cars and used on roadworthy vehicles, so we’re not sure why the whole car was binned.

Try Not To Cry As A Confiscated Ferrari 458 Is Crushed

It’s only now that the harrowing footage has been revealed, showing the mid-engined supercar’s final moments. Khan denies that the 458 was uninsured, and claims that the authorities “went behind my back and removed a court order that was imposed on the car without notifying my self or my legal team.”

Comments

Anonymous
Anonymous

Crushing a confiscated car is like killing a kidnapped child

03/19/2018 - 16:03 |
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Tomislav Celić
Tomislav Celić

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Quite literally

03/19/2018 - 16:08 |
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Alex Webster
Alex Webster

Confiscating and crushing these expensive cars is just pointless, sell it and use the money wisely.

03/19/2018 - 16:10 |
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Georg Blink - RevolutionArts
Georg Blink - RevolutionArts

In reply to by Alex Webster

Government logic: And now raise the taxes, we have to pay the crushing.

03/19/2018 - 17:28 |
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rachmat_777
rachmat_777

In reply to by Alex Webster

Meanwhile in Philippines

03/20/2018 - 04:32 |
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Anonymous
Anonymous

In reply to by Alex Webster

If the government is to be believed, the car was a write-off, so selling the whole car is out of the question, but as mentioned in the article, parts could’ve been sold…

03/20/2018 - 06:19 |
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Anonymous
Anonymous

Why the hell wasn’t it sold for parts?

03/19/2018 - 16:14 |
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Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60
Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60

Whoever watched the video from start to finish without tearing up is stronger than f**cking steel

03/19/2018 - 16:16 |
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Ian.L
Ian.L

In reply to by Chewbacca_budd…

*stronger than Volvos

03/19/2018 - 18:06 |
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Olds Alero
Olds Alero

In reply to by Chewbacca_budd…

I managed it, but I am now dying on the inside.

03/19/2018 - 18:10 |
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Lewyegan
Lewyegan

I dont understand the point of crushing, could atleast of been auctioned off!

03/19/2018 - 16:19 |
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Matt Robinson
Matt Robinson

In reply to by Lewyegan

Cat B insurance write off though, which means by UK law it should have been scrapped rather than repaired. That said, you’re supposed to be able to salvage at least some parts from a Cat B, so I’m not sure why they seemed to bin the whole thing…

03/19/2018 - 18:30 |
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Anonymous
Anonymous

This is why people have such big problems with government. They easily could’ve auctioned it and made themselves a little cash, but no. Idiots.

03/19/2018 - 16:26 |
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Mark Stanton
Mark Stanton

Never understood the mentality of destroying confiscated cars… It’s not the cars fault that the owner was a douche, and they could be sold and used to raise money… Crushing them like this seems more like a “Making a statement” move, rather than anything motivated by logic

03/19/2018 - 16:40 |
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Anonymous
Anonymous
03/19/2018 - 16:50 |
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Aaron 15
Aaron 15

Matt, take a break please XD! You’ve pushed out like 6 articles today, treat yourself to a coco or something 😂

03/19/2018 - 16:50 |
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yowzers
yowzers

In reply to by Aaron 15

Yeah, go play pixel car racer!

03/19/2018 - 16:53 |
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TheMindGarage
TheMindGarage

Why crush it?!? If you can’t find anything to do with it, auction it off for a good cause!

03/19/2018 - 16:56 |
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