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Rory Cassidy

Businessman 'hit 140mph' in McLaren supercar that was too fast for cops and sounded like a 'fighter jet'

A car company boss drove a £300,000 McLaren supercar along a motorway at more than double the speed limit - driving so fast police motorbikes couldn’t catch him.

Saad Qayyum hit estimated speeds of 140 miles per hour in the sky blue McLaren 765 LT on the M77 motorway - with the car making so much noise police thought it sounded like a “fighter jet”.

He drove the car at speed along the motorway just minutes after he and businessman pal Jason Ahmed picked up the vehicle from the showroom.

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