An English mechanic who wrote off a €260,000 (£220,000) Lamborghini has been told to pay the car’s owner a victim surcharge of €35 (£30). Well, fair is fair…
Car mechanic, Andrew Mitchinson, 37, learnt the hard way that you don’t p*ick about with customer cars, especially when it’s a 6.2 litre Lamborghini Murcielago.
While out on a pre-MoT test (the equivalent of our NCT) Mitchinson hit the brakes on the Lambo a little too hard while he was driving on a wet road, which sent the car into a skid and into the back of a parked Ford Focus.
Apparently, both cars were a write off.
According to the Telegraph, “[Mitchinson] was fined £280, ordered to pay court costs of £350, pay a victim surcharge of £30 to Mr Leahy and given six penalty points.” Still, that’s only £660 for trashing two cars…
The Lambo was owned by millionaire hotel boss Stephen Leahy who said, “I’m appalled he thought it fit to drive like that through a quaint, little country village in a customer’s car. He should not be allowed behind the wheel of a customer’s car.
“That car was driven like ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ and I’ve always been really careful with it,” he said.
“At the end of the day he was a very, very silly lad and he’s been given a slap on the wrist.”
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