Chip shop boss who rammed police car has road ban cut
A fish and chip shop boss who led police on a high-speed car chase has had his driving ban cut on appeal by top judges.
Inderjit Khangura reached speeds of more than 70mph as he raced around West Bromwich in his uncle's BMW in September last year.
He admitted dangerous driving and was given a suspended sentence and three-year ban this March.
But after taking his case to the Court of Appeal, Khangura saw that slashed to two years.
Lady Justice Macur said three years was too long, but refused to grant a bigger cut on the basis that the ban was damaging Khangura's business.
The London court heard Khangura, of Birchwood Road, Penn, had sped off when challenged by police in the early hours of September 4 in West Bromwich High Street.
He accelerated to over 70mph and eventually managed to get away from police, but he was tracked down afterwards and ultimately admitted dangerous driving.
His barrister Sarah Allen yesterday argued that the length of the ban was making it hard for him to run his takeaway business.
Relying on others to chauffeur him around, he was also being prevented from expanding, she said.
Giving judgment, Lady Justice said: "We are persuaded that the length of disqualification was - bearing in mind his age and his lack of motoring offences - too long.
'We consider that the appropriate period of disqualification was one of two years and that is the period that will be substituted."
Recorder Stephen Linehan QC told him in the original court case: "You lied to the police officers and rammed their vehicle to get away before driving through the streets of West Bromwich in a manner so dangerous it was likely to result in the death or maiming of other people.
"But I have come to the conclusion you were showing off so I am just able to avoid sending you away immediately because you are working and have employees."
