Overview

• On September 3, 2023, Kasaj drove his Mercedes through Gosford Street and Woodway Lane, fatally striking pedestrian Leo Moran and cyclist Joel Carriedo.
• He pleaded guilty in March 2025 to one count of attempted murder and two counts of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
• Psychiatric assessments found he suffered from severe paranoid psychosis, likely schizophrenia, which he said was worsened by cannabis and cocaine use.
• Kasaj was arrested for immigration offences in August 2022, bailed from Harmondsworth Detention Centre to Coventry in October, and failed to report to the Solihull Immigration Centre at any scheduled appointment.
• Victims’ families, led by Teresa Moran, accused the Home Office of neglecting his bail breaches and allowing an illegal migrant with serious mental illness to evade enforcement.