Overview

• Dyfed‑Powys Police’s collision investigator told Mold Crown Court the BMW X3 driven by Abubakr Ben Yusaf struck Rhys Jenkins’ Toyota Yaris entirely in the Toyota’s lane in a high‑force impact.
• The defence suggested the Belan Straight has a history of crashes linked to mud on the road, a point the judge noted is not part of the prosecution case but may feature later for the defence.
• Prosecutors presented witness accounts and dashcam audio describing a red BMW and a blue Audi tailgating, making risky overtakes and appearing to race at up to 90–100mph before the collision.
• Evidence heard included that Jenkins braked less than a second before the crash and that Umar Ben Yusaf, driving the Audi S4, used emergency braking before reaching the scene.
• Brothers Abubakr, 29, and Umar Ben Yusaf, 34, deny causing death by dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and causing death while uninsured; both left the scene and were arrested later that evening near Welshpool.