Chris Marriott, 46, had stopped to help a woman who was lying unconscious in the street in College Court, Sheffield, on December 27 (Pictures: PA/SWNS)
A dad-of-two was killed instantly after he was run over by a car being used ‘as a weapon’ during a feud between two families over a wedding, a court has heard.
Chris Marriott, 46, had stopped to help a woman who was lying unconscious in the street in College Court, Sheffield, on December 27 last year.
While tending to Nafeesa Jhangur, the pair of them were run over by a Seat Ibiza car driven by her brother, Hassan Jhangur, 24, jurors at the city’s crown court were told.
Prosecutor Tom Storey KC said Jhangur ploughed into five people, including his alleged target and new brother-in-law Hasan Khan, who he then stabbed several times.
He told the court the background to the rampage was a dispute between Jhangur’s family and Mr Khan’s family following the wedding that morning between the victim and Nafeesa Jhangur.
Mr Storey added: ‘You can sensibly conclude precisely what (Jhangur’s) intention was at the time he arrived at College Close – namely, to kill Hasan Khan.’
He said Ms Jhangur ended up lying in the street following a confrontation between her and members of the Khan family that morning, following the wedding of Mr Khan and Amaani Jhangur.
He said Amaani Jhangur had fallen out with her family about the wedding and they did not attend.
As the Khan family celebrated the wedding at their College Court home, mother of the bride, Ambreen Jhangur, arrived and dumped a bag of clothes on the drive in bin liners before driving off.
Chris Marriott, 46, who died after he went to the aid of a woman he spotted lying unconscious in the street in Sheffield (Picture: PA)
Prosecutor Tom Storey KC said Jhangur ploughed into five people (Picture: PA)
Later, she returned to the address with her daughter, Nafeesa, again throwing items onto the drive.
The prosecutor said that an argument developed between these two women and members of the Khan family which led to Nafeesa falling to the floor.
He said Mr Marriott and his family had just returned from a Christmas break with his in-laws and were out for a walk as one of his children wanted to try out a new skateboard.
Mr Storey said the defendant appears to have been alerted to what was happening in College Court and headed round in his Seat.
He said Riasat Khan was standing in the middle of the road speaking to a 999 operator.
The prosecutor said ‘he would have been clearly visible to an approaching motorist’ but was hit by Jhangur who ‘drove straight at him’, throwing Mr Khan onto the bonnet of the vehicle, his head appearing to strike the windscreen.
‘He was then cartwheeled over the roof of the vehicle, as it continued beneath him without apparently braking or deviating from its path,’ Mr Storey said.
The Seat then collided with the group around Nafeesa Jhangur, he said.
Mr Storey went on: ‘The Seat Ibiza drove right over Chris Marriott, almost certainly killing him instantly.
Chris Marriott pictured with wife Bryony Marriott (Picture: PA)
‘It also drove over Nafeesa Jhangur, who was very seriously injured, and it either drove over or collided with both Ambreen Jhangur and Alison Norris, both of whom were themselves seriously injured.
‘Once his vehicle had come to a halt, Hassan Jhangur got out of it, armed with a knife which he then used to stab the son of Riasat Khan, Hasan Khan, stabbing him several times to the side of his head and to the left side of his chest, puncturing his lung in the process.’
He said police arrived to find ‘a scene of chaos with members of both families shouting at each other in the street, and other members of the public trying to assist those who had been struck by the Seat Ibiza’.
Mr Storey added: ‘Hassan Jhangur’s actions demonstrate that he intended to kill that day. His primary target seems to have been Hasan Khan, but he was clearly prepared to use his car as a weapon, intending to cause at least really serious harm to others.’
Jhangur, of Sheffield, denies the murder and manslaughter of Mr Marriott but the jury was told he has pleaded guilty to causing Mr Marriott’s death by dangerous driving.
He has also admitted causing serious injury to Alison Norris, Ambreen Jhangur, Nafeesa Jhangur and Riasat Khan by dangerous driving.
Jhangur denies attempting to murder Hasan Khan and wounding him with intent.
He has also pleaded not guilty to four charges of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Jhangur appeared in the dock alongside his father, Mohammed Jhangur, 56, of Sheffield, who denies perverting the course of justice. The charge relates to him allegedly concealing a knife.
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