£250,000 Rolls Royce hauled off Mayfair street in crackdown on illegally parked supercars

A Rolls Royce worth almost £250,000 has been dramatically hauled off a Mayfair street in a crackdown on luxury vehicle owners parking illegally.

The Saudi-registered supercar was towed after Westminster Council admitted the usual practice of issuing £160 fines was not deterring rich residents and visitors from parking badly.

Town hall chiefs said they have had enough after fed-up locals complained that well-heeled guests at the Chancery Rosewood hotel were routinely dumping their luxury vehicles on the pavement outside the former US Embassy site and brushing off penalty charge notices (PCN) as if they were pocket change.

The local authority dispatched a tow truck to scoop up the gleaming blue Rolls Royce and whisk it several streets away on Tuesday.

Other high-end motors were sh