Overview

• Harris Karim was jailed for 31 months after lying in wait and repeatedly ramming his victim’s car on Boxing Day while breaching a two-year restraining order.
• Recorder David Kelly also barred Karim from driving for four years, mandated an extended test and set a five-year restraining order preventing any contact with the complainant.
• Abdul Mahmood received an 18-month sentence for persistently contacting his ex-victim and coercing her into a 70-mile journey in breach of an indefinite restraining order.
• Judge Colin Burn imposed a new indefinite restraining order on Mahmood and characterised his actions as virtual blackmail that inflicted serious harm.
• The court noted both men’s prior stalking or harassment convictions and cited their emotional immaturity and difficulty regulating their behaviour.