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Evening Standard
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Matthew Cooper

Driver who chased and killed e-bike rider in deliberate ramming jailed for life

Abdirahman Ibrahim, 21, ‘weaponised’ his Seat Leon after seeing friends Liam Jones and Tayzhon Johnson “showboating” on electric off-road bikes in the Yardley area on August 1 2023, Birmingham Crown Court was told (West Midlands Police/PA) -

A car driver who hunted down and deliberately rammed an e-bike rider, leaving him to die at the roadside, has been jailed for life for murder.

Abdirahman Ibrahim, 21, “weaponised” his Seat Leon after seeing friends Liam Jones and Tayzhon Johnson “showboating” on electric off-road bikes in the Yardley area on August 1 2023, Birmingham Crown Court was told.

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