Post by jonksy on May 3, 2024 21:11:17 GMT
Just 6 years what a joke. Yet another mossie taking the piss and getting preferential treatment
Shameless taxi driver who boasted to his passengers about being pulled over for speeding - before then mowing down and killing pedestrian just 16 minutes after he was let off by police is jailed for six years....
'I've been to far too many nasty accidents in my time, and that (his driving) was silly.'
But Gloucester Crown Court heard that Ahmed did not heed the warning - in fact, he boasted about it to his next two passengers when he picked them up at Gloucester Bus station and drove them to Cheltenham in his Toyota Prius taxi.
Driving at 100mph along a bypass between the two locations, the court heard he was still doing 53mph on a 40mph road in the town when he hit Mr Beames, who was crossing the road with a newly purchased box of beer under his arm to enjoy with friends.
Ahmed could not avoid him and the pedestrian suffered catastrophic brain injuries.
Mr Beames' mother, Yvette White and his partner Jessica Beames, a paramedic who has since changed her surname to his, both read emotional statements to the judge describing the devastation his loss had caused to them and the rest of his family.
But Gloucester Crown Court heard that Ahmed did not heed the warning - in fact, he boasted about it to his next two passengers when he picked them up at Gloucester Bus station and drove them to Cheltenham in his Toyota Prius taxi.
Driving at 100mph along a bypass between the two locations, the court heard he was still doing 53mph on a 40mph road in the town when he hit Mr Beames, who was crossing the road with a newly purchased box of beer under his arm to enjoy with friends.
Ahmed could not avoid him and the pedestrian suffered catastrophic brain injuries.
Mr Beames' mother, Yvette White and his partner Jessica Beames, a paramedic who has since changed her surname to his, both read emotional statements to the judge describing the devastation his loss had caused to them and the rest of his family.