Overview
- Hasan Mohammed, convicted in March of causing GBH with intent, was sentenced on Wednesday to nine years in prison and banned from driving for 12½ years.
- The attack happened on September 14 last year on Brighton Grove in Fenham after a family member threw a lollipop at his taxi as the group left the Persian Bite restaurant.
- Mohammed made a three-point turn at traffic lights, then drove at the crossing family at about 33 mph in a 30 zone without braking.
- He struck a grandfather in his 50s, who suffered fractures to his shoulder, leg and spine, internal bleeding, and later needed a full shoulder replacement.
- Police arrested Mohammed 42 minutes after he fled, with CCTV, dashcam and forensic evidence helping secure convictions that a judge called the result of a road-rage attack.