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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Stephanie Wareham

‘Cowardly’ speeding driver who fled after killing toddler in crash is jailed

Sharjeel Shahzad was branded ‘callous and cowardly’ by Judge Jonathan Gosling as he was jailed for more than 15 years. (West Midlands Police/PA) -

A “callous and cowardly” speeding driver who fled on foot after crashing a stolen Porsche Cayenne into a family’s car, killing a two-year-old boy and leaving his mother in a coma, has been jailed for more than 15 years.

Sharjeel Shahzad had already been banned from getting behind the wheel and was awaiting a court date for dangerous driving when he caused the death of a toddler in a head-on smash in Smethwick, West Midlands, just before 11pm on December 14 last year.

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