Accused “Good Samaritan” murderer believed he killed his own mother and sister

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A man accused of killing a ‘good Samaritan’ who was hit as he stopped to help a stranger during a wedding row has told a court he ‘felt like a monster’ after mistakenly believing he was he killed his mother and sister.

Hassan Jhangur had armed himself with a knife when he turned up at a house in Sheffield where one of his sisters, Amaani Jhangur, was celebrating her marriage to Hasan Khan earlier that day.

Sheffield Crown Court heard the 24-year-old hit five people with his car, including his mother and older sister Nafeesa, who he said he went to help during the incident on December 27, 2023.

Chris Marriott, 46, who was out for a walk and stopped to help Nafeesa Jhangur as she lay on the ground after an argument, was killed instantly.

Jurors heard that Jhangur then got out of the car and attacked his new brother-in-law, Mr Khan, with the knife.

Jhangur told his trial on Tuesday that he “lost control” of the car when it turned the corner into Khans Street “too fast” and had no idea anyone was under the vehicle.

Jurors heard that Amaani Jhangur argued with her family about the wedding and did not attend, but her mother and sister later turned up at the Khans’ home and began throwing objects in the driveway.

An argument between these women and the Khan family was said to have caused Nafeesa Jhangur to fall to the ground.

Mr Marriott, who was out for a walk, stopped to help and was among a group of people hit by Jhangur as he drove down the street “at some speed”.

Prosecutors say Jhangur first hit Hasan Khan’s father, Riasat Khan, who was sent “wheeling” over the hood, before “driving straight over” Mr Marriott and Nafeesa Jhangur.

He also clashed with his mother, Ambreen Jhangur, and Alison Norris, an off-duty midwife.

Testifying on Tuesday, Jhangur said the family had concerns that Hasan Khan was “controlling” Amaani and claimed he was “abusive” towards the other Jhangur sisters during a phone call leading up to the wedding.

Jhangur said that on the afternoon of the wedding he was woken up by his family members “screaming and shouting” that “they hit Nafeesa”.

He told the court: “I panicked. I’m shocked, I’m worried for my sister’s safety. I thought ‘I’ll have to protect her’.

Jhangur said he got dressed and took a knife to take to the scene, telling jurors he took the weapon because he thought there would be other Khan relatives there.

“I had a feeling that if men were involved I would be outmatched,” he told the jury.

Asked if he intended to kill or seriously injure anyone, Jhangur replied: “Not at all.”

The defendant said he lost control of the car, which “pulled to the right” as it turned into College Court.

He said he only saw Riasat Khan “at the last second” before he hit him and didn’t realize who he was at the time.

Jhangur said that when he got out of the car, he saw a woman in a blue jacket on the ground in front of the car and his sister Nafeesa under the vehicle.

“I panicked, I screamed for help,” he said.

He told the court he saw Hasan Khan with a metal baseball bat in his hand, “focusing” on his other sister, Humaria Jhangur, and punched him because he thought he was going to throw it at her.

Jhangur said he started “stabbing the back of his head” and pulled the knife out of his pocket, “swinging” it without knowing where it was hitting.

Asked if he knew he had hit Hasan Khan with the knife, Jhangur said: “Yes, I was swinging my hands at him, so I understood that I must have hit him.”

The defendant said he was told at the scene that Ambreen had also been hit by the car, and when he was arrested for the murder, he believed he had killed his mother and sister.

“I had no idea there was anyone else under the car,” he said.

“I was angry, I felt angry at myself, thinking, ‘What have I just done?'”

“I felt like a monster, thinking ‘Why was I driving so fast?’ I should have slowed down, I wish I had parked around the corner.”

Asked how he felt when he learned of Mr Marriott’s death, Jhangur said: “I felt sympathy. I drive dangerously it took my life.

“I felt sympathy for him, his family, his friends, I thought, ‘What if he has children who now have to grow up without a father?’

“That one mistake I made cost me a life. I felt bad, I felt like a monster. I didn’t feel good because I’m not who I am.”

Jhangur, of Whiteways Road, Sheffield, denies manslaughter and manslaughter of Mr Marriott, but the jury was told he pleaded guilty to causing Marriott’s death by dangerous driving.

He also admitted causing serious injury to Ms Norris, Ambreen Jhangur, Nafeesa Jhangur and Riasat Khan by dangerous driving.

Jhangur denies that he tried to kill Hasan Khan and intentionally injured him.

He pleaded not guilty to four counts of grievous bodily harm with intent.

Jhangur’s father Mohammed Jhangur, 56, of Whiteways Road, Sheffield, denies perverting the course of justice. The charge refers to the fact that he allegedly concealed a knife.

The process continues.