Overview

• Ashir Shahid was sentenced at Preston Crown Court to 13 years’ detention for causing death by dangerous driving and serious injury by dangerous driving, with a two-thirds minimum term and a 15-year driving disqualification requiring an extended retest.
• Victim Renju Joseph underwent an emergency C-section after the collision; her baby survived only hours and she now lives with a brain bleed, spinal fractures, multiple broken bones and ongoing mobility and emotional challenges.
• Investigators presented mobile-phone videos of the driver and passenger laughing and singing at speeds of 58–71mph in a 30mph zone, plus evidence of voice notes and an online search about hit-and-run charges following the crash.
• Sam Shahid, the front-seat passenger and younger brother of the driver, pleaded guilty to assisting an offender and received a three-year custodial sentence.
• Detective Chief Inspector Andy Fallows and Judge Ian Unsworth condemned the defendants’ callous lack of remorse and warned that their reckless joyriding had put pedestrians and other road users at grave risk.