The seizure of the luxury car is now at the centre of an extraordinary court case where West Midlands Police is being sued for £200,000 by the fugitive. County court papers revealing new details of the civil case brought by Zahid Khan were obtained by Birmingham Live, and show how police swooped to seize the supercar after he arrogantly posted a picture of it parked on the pavement outside Birmingham Crown Court - following an appearance at the nearby magistrates' court.
The fugitive, from Moseley, has been on the run since June 2018 after being jailed in his absence for ten years over a £500,000 number plate fraud. Khan fled part-way through his trial. Since then he has been regularly posting pictures and videos from his bolt hole in Dubai on Facebook.
However, his car remained in police custody and was later crushed, because it had no valid insurance and was a Category B vehicle - according to the police vehicles designated as such are classed as unroadworthy, meaning the shell has to be destroyed.
