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Sheffield Driver Who Killed Good Samaritan Jailed for Life With 26-Year Minimum

Prosecutors said CCTV evidence with eyewitness accounts showed he used his car as a weapon.

Overview

  • Sheffield Crown Court sentenced 25-year-old Hassan Jhangur to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 26 years for the murder of Chris Marriott.
  • Marriott, 46, was killed on December 27, 2023, after stopping to help an unconscious woman during a street fight linked to a family wedding in Burngreave.
  • Judge Mr Justice Morris called the attack a deliberate and senseless act of hot‑headed violence that also left several others seriously injured.
  • After driving into the crowd, Jhangur stabbed his new brother‑in‑law, Hasan Khan, and was convicted of multiple counts of grievous bodily harm with intent in addition to murder.
  • Jhangur’s father, Mohammed, received a six‑month sentence suspended for two years for perverting the course of justice by concealing a knife, as victims’ families delivered statements in court.