A speeding driver caused horrific injuries to a "much-loved father and grandfather" when he ploughed into his car at high speed on a busy main road into Nottingham. Adil Rehman, of Skipton Circus, Sneinton, hit Arshad Rana, of Bobbers Mill, then lied and claimed Mr Rana was at fault.
Rehman was jailed for four years at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday (November 7), and received a seven-year driving ban - extended to account for the likely two-year term businessman Rehman will serve before he is released after serving half his sentence. Judge Stuart Rafferty KC sentenced Rehman at a hearing attended by Rehman's family and members of cherished Mr Rana's family.
The sentencing came after 32-year-old Rehman pleaded guilty to causing the death of Mr Rana on August 25 last year after Rehman's driving was at a "grotesque speed", said prosecutor Steven Bailey. Mr Rana was taken to hospital that evening but tragically died on September 16.
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The court heard the "much-loved husband, father and grandfather" died as a result of his injuries in the collision with Rehman, driving a Mercedes C300. Mr Rana, in a Ford Fiesta, suffered broken ribs, which led to an abscess, severe organ failure and pneumonia.
"Mr Rana was conscious at times," said Mr Bailey. "He was aware of his surroundings and, logically, must have been aware of his decline." The collision happened after the defendant turned right onto Ilkeston Road from Lenton Boulevard, accelerating very quickly and reaching speeds above the 30mph limit.
Mr Rana began a U-turn when Rehman was about one to two metres behind him. An expert's opinion was, at that stage, neither driver would be able to see the other's car.
But the defendant must have seen Mr Rana's car "at some point", said Mr Bailey, who highlighted, primarily, the defendant's speed made avoiding a collision impossible. The Mercedes had a heads up display, projecting its speed on the windscreen.
Rehman claimed he was traveling at 33mph because of the heads up display. But the court heard this was a transparent lie - as his average speed was found to be 58mph over 268 metres, from Lenton Boulevard to the point of the collision. At the point of collision he was going something like 53mph.
The Mercedes hit the front off side of the Fiesta, wiping away most of its front end, before spinning and coming to rest. In hospital, retired Mr Rana called his son Wasim Rana and said, "Wasim, I need you to prepare for my death".
Philip Bown, mitigating, said, as his client sat solemnly in the dock: "He made a very bad error of judgement - but an error of judgement that led to entirely unintended consequences."
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