Hit-and-run Audi driver who killed two young brothers in a 92mph horror crash then casually chatted to a friend in a burger bar less than two hours later is jailed for 13 years

A hit-and-run Audi driver who killed two young brothers in a 92mph horror crash before casually chatting to a friend in a burger bar less than two hours later has been jailed for 13 years.

Mohammed Sullaiman Khan, 28, drove his Audi RS3  ‘competitively’ against a Bentley Continental. He lost control of the vehicle and went through a red light before ploughing into a BMW in Wolverhampton at around 8.45pm.

The BMW was being driven by Arithi Nahar who was taking her two sons Sanjay Singh, 10, and 23-month-old Pawanveer, home for their tea.

The boys, who were already in their pyjamas, had just collected their supper from a fish and chip shop where their father, worked.

A court heard Khan had reached speeds of 92mph in a 40mph limit before the fatal collision which forced the BMW into metal railings.

Mohammed Sullaiman Khan (pictured), 28, drove his Audi RS3 ‘competitively’ against a Bentley Continental. He lost control of the vehicle and went through a red light before ploughing into a BMW in Wolverhampton at around 8.45pm

The BMW was being driven by Arithi Nahar who was taking her two sons Sanjay Singh, 10, and 23-month-old Pawanveer (pictured above), home for their tea. The brothers were killed instantly in the smash along Birmingham New Road on March 14, 2019, while their mother suffered serious injuries

The brothers were killed instantly in the smash along Birmingham New Road on March 14, 2019, while their mother suffered serious injuries.

Khan then fled the scene and less than two hours later he was captured on a burger bar’s security cameras waiting for food in Sparkbrook, Birmingham.

CCTV footage shows Khan casually chatting to a friend while rubbing his chest which was hurt in the high-speed crash.

Khan, of Edgbaston, Birmingham, previously pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

Today he was jailed for 11 years as well a further two years to run consecutively for perverting the course of justice after trying to cover up the crash.

Bentley driver Hamza Shahid was cleared of causing the deaths of the boys after a three-week trial in September. 

Khan had hatched a plot to conceal what he had done by calling police saying his brother’s car had been taken in a car-key burglary earlier that day.

He was also disqualified from driving for seven years upon his release from prison.

In a victim statement to the court, their mother, Arathi Nahar, who was left with damage to her coccyx and three displaced spinal fractures as a result of the horrible crash, spoke of her ‘two beautiful sons’.

CCTV footage shows Khan casually chatting to a friend while rubbing his chest which was hurt in the high-speed crash

Screenshot taken from CCTV video issued by West Midlands Police of Mohammed Sullaiman Khan driving a Audi RS3 (circled)

She said: ‘My sons gave me joy and gave me the reason and purpose to get up each day and want to provide them with love and gifts all the time.

‘Since the boys passed away I can only hold on to the memories and look at photos and their videos to feel the precious times we had together.

‘Sanjay and Pawanveer had their own strong bond and relationship between them which was magical.

‘Sanjay would sing songs and nursery rhymes to his younger brother and I would hear the laughter and fun that the boys had between them and both constantly wanted mine and dad’s attention.

‘My house, my life and I died on 14 March, 2019… My sons’ lives were taken in a horrific way and there is no coming back from that.’

Mrs Nahar, who was seriously injured in the collision, added: ‘My family and family friends were there for me which gave me the encouragement and strength to take each day at a time.’

Detective Constable Karl Davies, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, who led the enquiries, said: ‘Our duty was to Sanjay and Pawanveer and to their family, who have been so brave throughout.

‘It is awful, almost beyond words, for two young brothers to be killed in such a dreadful collision.’

Prosecutor Robert Price told Wolverhampton Crown Court on Tuesday that Sullaiman Khan, of Pershore Road in Edgbaston, returned to the scene of the fatal crash at around 11pm that night but did not hand himself in.

Brother Asim Khan (pictured), of Shaftmoor Lane, Hall Green, denied involvement but was found guilty at trial of perverting the course of justice for lying to police about the burglary and was given an 18-month prison sentence, suspended for two years

The same night, Sullaiman Khan’s brother, Mohammed Asim Khan, 36, made a false report to West Midlands Police saying that the Audi had been stolen in a burglary – a claim Mr Price said he backed up in another call an hour later.

The next day, Sullaiman Khan himself made what Judge Michael Chambers KC said was an ‘audacious’ call to the police telling them to ‘do your job’ and find his car.

Two days after the crash on March 16 2019, Sullaiman Khan turned up at a police station to hand himself in and presented a prepared statement denying any involvement, but later admitted two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, one count of causing serious injury and perverting the course of justice.

His brother, Asim Khan, of Shaftmoor Lane, Hall Green, also denied involvement but was found guilty at trial of perverting the course of justice for lying to police about the burglary and was given an 18-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.

Defending, Michael Duck KC said Sullaiman Khan had written a letter explaining his remorse for his actions, adding that becoming a father in July last year had given him ‘genuine insight’ into the pain he had caused.

But Judge Chambers said he did not accept that Sullaiman Khan was remorseful for causing ‘the most serious of road traffic collisions’ and fleeing the scene, saying it must have been ‘obvious’ he had at least caused serious injuries to those in the car he had crashed into.

At sentencing today, Sullaiman Khan was also disqualified from driving for seven years upon his release and must take an extended driving test. 

Judge Chambers said he had been ‘persuaded’ to suspend Asim Khan’s sentence after his barrister Ekwall Singh Tiwana told the court his client had been ‘used by others who are more intelligent than him’, had learning difficulties as well as autism and alcohol dependency and needed assistance with his mental health.

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