Manchester Court Sentences Two Men to Prison After 139 mph Crash Kills Driver

Manchester Crown Court sentenced two men today after they admitted roles in a fatal crash that occurred when their car reached speeds of 139 mph in a 30 mph zone. Driver Uways Hussain, 20, received 11 years and eight months in detention. Passenger Usmon Mahmood, 23, received 12 years and nine months.

Both men had inhaled nitrous oxide before the incident. m. on March 9 at the junction of Green End Road and Kingsway. Hussain was driving a VW Golf GTI owned by Mahmood when the vehicle struck another car, killing Sylvester Abayomi, 50.

Doyle, Abayomi's partner, told the court that he was on his way to work and should have returned home safely. She said he was left to die alone and that the defendants showed no compassion. Judge Nicholas Dean KC described the conduct as sustained and deliberate, citing CCTV and phone video evidence that he called terrifying.

Hussain admitted causing death by dangerous driving, causing death by driving while uninsured, and failing to provide a specimen. Mahmood admitted aiding and abetting both dangerous driving and uninsured driving that caused death.