Banned driver crashed into family car during police pursue in Birmingham
Aftab Nawaz fled from the scene after leaving woman gravely injured
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- Legal:01, five APR 2017
- Updated 14:06, six APR 2017
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A banned driver crashed into a family car leaving a woman earnestly injured during a police pursue in Birmingham, a court heard.
Aftab Nawaz was spotted by cops driving a Citroen in Walford Road, Sparkbrook, before driving through two junctions over the speed limit on September 1, last year.
The 35-year-old, who was being pursued by police, then crashed “broadside” into Mohammed Anwar’s Corolla at another junction – causing both vehicles to spin one hundred eighty degrees into a side road.
Nawaz, who only had concern for his “own skin”, then ran to a nearby vehicle repairers where he slammed the garage doors shut and attempted to hide drugs there.
Birmingham Crown Court heard victim Mohammed Anwar had been taking his wifey Sugra Sultan and two children home at the time of the collision.
Sugra Sultan suffered a seizure at the scene and was later found to have a number of injuries including a fracture to a bone in her ear and bruising to her lungs where there was a build up of fluid.
Nawaz of Willis Road, Winson Green, who had previously been convicted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and possessing cocaine and had admitted a charge of fraud, was jailed for three and a half years.
He was also transferred a two year driving ban.
In a statement, Sugra Sultan, who remained in hospital for a number of days, said she still suffered traumatic flashbacks and now had difficulties getting into a vehicle.
Her hubby and children also said they had psychological problems.
In passing sentence Judge Murray Creed said: “There is no doubt that on that day you were aware you were being followed by a marked police car.
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“You drove through the junction and caught the Corolla broadside.
“The photos depict graphically what the influence must have been for these two vehicles to end up in the way they did.
“It was aggressive driving. You gave no thought to other road users.
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“Despite the clear possibility of injury to the occupants in the other car you displayed no thought for them.
“This was an utterly panicking incident.”
Patrick Roche, defending, said the dangerous driving was over a brief period, was not the worse of its kind and there had been no long term complications.
He said Nawaz had not accelerated and had been driving at 40mph when the accident occurred.