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Swiss millionaire’s son ‘torched his Ferrari’ so his rich dad would buy him a new one

Published 16:10 10 Aug 2015 BST

Updated 22:40 10 Aug 2015 BST

Ben Kenyon
Swiss millionaire’s son ‘torched his Ferrari’ so his rich dad would buy him a new one

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Hands up who thinks the lad who had his Ferarri torched should go without pocket money for a month.

Yes you did read that correctly - a 20-year-old Swiss millionaire's son paid three guys $15,000 to 'steal' and burn out his Ferarri 458 Italia, according to reports. The reason he wanted the £150,000 supercar destroyed? So he could get an upgrade, a court was told. Honestly. According to the New York Daily News, the car was one of 15 - including a Lamborghini - which the 20-year-old's rich father had bought for him. fire2 He had also given his son a £20m property portfolio and a $6,500-a-month allowance. Despite this, the lad had some friends steal his supercar, drive it over the German border and set fire to it while he visited a massage parlour - but security camera quickly picked up who was responsible. He was sentenced to 22 months' probation and fined some £20,000. We think the judge should have made him drive a Nissan Micra from now on as punishment. Photo credit Augsburg Police

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