Drivers jailed two years after high-impact crash left passenger dead

Anthony Moran died aged 43, after the Renault Megane he was a passenger in crashed on a dual carriageway Sutton Coldfield in the early hours of December 8, 2018.

The driver of the Megane, Leigh Robinson, is one of two men who have now been locked up.

The Megane had stolen number plates and was being followed by a black Audi A7 driven by Sabeel Nazir, who believed the Megane had been involved in a criminal damage incident earlier that evening in South Yardley, when the crash happened.

Nazir has also been jailed.

As the cars travelled along Eachelhurst Road at around 12.25am they hit speeds of up to 80mph.

Meanwhile retired licensee Peter Stockwell, 76, was travelling in the opposite direction in a grey Rover MG ZR.

Tests later showed that he was over the legal limit to drive with 90mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood – the legal limit being 80mg.

As Stockwell turned right across the dual carriageway into Ashford Drive, his car collided with the Megane, which left the road and flipped onto its roof.

Nazir managed to avoid hitting the other two cars but mounted the grassed central reservation and hit street furniture.

Mr Moran died in hospital four days later.

This week Robinson, 33, of no fixed address, was sentenced to three years and two months in prison at Birmingham Crown Court.

Nazir, also 33, of Blakesley Road, in South Yardley, was jailed for two years and five months.

Both Robinson and Nazir, who had admitted causing the death of Mr Moran by dangerous driving at an earlier hearing, will also be banned from driving for three years after their release from prison.

Stockwell, of Eachelhurst Road, pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving while compromised by alcohol. He was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 12 months. He was also disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to attend 10 days education around drink driving.

Pc Mark Crozier, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: "This was a tragic incident that resulted in the death of Anthony Moran and I offer my condolences to his family.

"Both Robinson and Nazir pleaded guilty to causing Anthony’s death by the dangerous manner of their driving.

"Had Nazir not decided to take the law into his own hands and pursue Robinson then this collision would never have happened.”