Overview
- Saqlane Zafar, 28, was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court to 15 years in prison for causing the death of 21-year-old student Ryan Sandhu, along with a driving disqualification.
- Muhammad Hamza, 29, was jailed for four years and six months for dangerous driving and perverting the course of justice and received a driving ban of five years and three months.
- Evidence presented showed Zafar drove at 91mph in a 40mph zone after inhaling nitrous oxide, smashed through roadwork cones, and fled before being detained following a police pursuit.
- Judge Peter Cooke said Zafar had driven like a “maniac,” described the case as “about as bad as it can get” without a second victim, and condemned supportive character references as “nauseating.”
- Sandhu’s family welcomed the sentences but called earlier not-guilty stances an insult that forced them to relive their worst moments.