Police are quizzing a motorist after claims he hit speeds of up to 150mph on the M20 – and then put the film on the internet.
But Anthony Coyne, 27, from south London, was identified by the clip he uploaded on to the web – and shopped to cops by the Sun newspaper who tracked him down.
The paper claims the footage – shot by his passenger – shows the speedo of his high-powered £28,000 Vauxhall VX220 sports car toppling 150mph.
It says the film was taken on a stretch of the M20 near Harrietsham, close to Maidstone.
The Sun story said: “Coyne believed there was nothing in the photos to show where the speeding took place or to identify him.
“But we tracked him down within hours. He left his phone number in earlier postings on another site and even gave away his location by revealing he was taking his new motor to Paris. There was only one motorway he would use – and that was the M20.
“We identified the exact spot as being near Harrietsham.”
Kent Police say they are now investigating the clip which the Sun claims Coyne posted on a site devoted to the VX220.
Coyne himself denied he hit such speeds and claimed he only posted the clips to ‘get a reaction’.
It comes just months after the Saturday Observer exclusively revealed the reckless antics of speed-nuts going through the Dartford Tunnel and across the QEII Bridge.
In those clips, uploaded on to YouTube, idiots risked life and limb hitting speeds of 130mph – almost triple the 50mph speed limit.
Source One & Two
But Anthony Coyne, 27, from south London, was identified by the clip he uploaded on to the web – and shopped to cops by the Sun newspaper who tracked him down.
The paper claims the footage – shot by his passenger – shows the speedo of his high-powered £28,000 Vauxhall VX220 sports car toppling 150mph.
It says the film was taken on a stretch of the M20 near Harrietsham, close to Maidstone.
The Sun story said: “Coyne believed there was nothing in the photos to show where the speeding took place or to identify him.
“But we tracked him down within hours. He left his phone number in earlier postings on another site and even gave away his location by revealing he was taking his new motor to Paris. There was only one motorway he would use – and that was the M20.
“We identified the exact spot as being near Harrietsham.”
Kent Police say they are now investigating the clip which the Sun claims Coyne posted on a site devoted to the VX220.
Coyne himself denied he hit such speeds and claimed he only posted the clips to ‘get a reaction’.
It comes just months after the Saturday Observer exclusively revealed the reckless antics of speed-nuts going through the Dartford Tunnel and across the QEII Bridge.
In those clips, uploaded on to YouTube, idiots risked life and limb hitting speeds of 130mph – almost triple the 50mph speed limit.
Source One & Two
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