Brothers jailed after teenage boy run down and killed

A driver who hit and killed a teenage boy while targeting e-bike riders has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 30 years.

Zulkernain Ahmed was driving down the wrong side of the road when he hit 16-year-old pedestrian Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb so hard he was thrown into the air by the impact in the Darnall area of Sheffield on 4 June last year.

Ahmed, who admitted manslaughter, was found guilty of murder at the city's crown court in February.

His brother, Armaan Ahmed, who was a back-seat passenger in the vehicle, was jailed for 17 years for manslaughter after being cleared of murder, a charge that both had denied.

Prosecutors said Zulkernain Ahmed used his car as a "weapon" against Abdullah, who the judge said was "in the wrong place at the wrong time" as he walked along the pavement in Staniforth Road.

Jurors were shown footage of the grey Audi driven by Ahmed colliding with a man who the prosecution said was e-bike rider La'rome Divers.

He was knocked over a hedge, before the car then hit Abdullah, who died later in hospital.

Zulkernain Ahmed was also convicted of causing Mr Divers grievous bodily harm with intent and attempting to cause two unidentified riders GBH with intent.

The defendants, from Darnall, were out looking for Mr Divers, who was riding with two others - one on a moped and the other on another e-bike, over a dispute about e-bikes, the court heard.

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Sentencing the pair on Thursday, the anniversary of Abdullah's death, Mrs Justice Tipples said of the victim: "He was tragically in the wrong place at the wrong time."

She added that Abdullah's "senseless and shocking death has been devastating for his parents, sisters and wider family and friends", adding that their lives have been "changed forever by this terrible and tragic murder".

Murder 'destroyed the entire family'

Sheffield Crown Court heard a statement from Abdullah's father, Yaser Abdullah Taleb Al Yazidi, who said his son's death had "destroyed the entire family".

He said his son had come to Sheffield from Yemen just two months before he died "in search of safety and for a better life".

"He was eager to learn and integrate into the community. He was very intelligent, always smiling, quick to learn and loved by everyone," Mr Yazidi added.

Detective Chief Inspector Ben Wood, of South Yorkshire Police, confirmed a third Ahmed brother, Zain, who was in the front passenger seat of the Audi, has not been traced by police.

'Horrendous and really tragic'

Det Ch Insp Wood said the footage of the attack was "horrendous and really tragic" and Abdullah was a "purely innocent boy".

"For anybody to lose a life over an e-bike is absolutely tragic, and no reason whatsoever for somebody to lose their life.

"I would say that the manner of the driving was absolutely outrageous... they're trying to deliberately use the vehicle as a weapon to drive at people," he said.

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