Time and time again killer drivers walk free and breeze out of court with a small fine. But maliciously damaging a Ferrari – that’s something the judiciary takes very seriously indeed.
A chef who admitted damaging a Ferrari Enzo supercar belonging to Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay was jailed for 20 weeks today.
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