The father hit by the car insisted on helping the woman lying on the road, the court heard

A man accused of killing ‘good Samaritan’ Chris Marriott used his car ‘as a weapon’ when he killed his father and injured six others, a jury has heard.

Hassan Jhangur, 24, allegedly sped up, then “drove straight over” Mr Marriott, a 46-year-old father, who had gone to help a woman lying unconscious on the floor. In all, six other people were injured during a family dispute over a wedding, including the defendant’s sister and mother.

Among them was the groom, whom the defendant is accused of trying to kill by stabbing him several times. The court heard ‘chaos’ akin to a ‘Punch and Judy’ show broke out between two Sheffield families who had been ‘in dispute’ over the time and location of a wedding.

The accused’s family had refused to attend the ceremony of his sister Amaani Jhangur and groom Hasan Khan that morning on December 27 last year. But members of the Jhangur family turned up at Khan’s home in College Close, Burgreave, Sheffield hours later.

The jury heard how Chris was on a family outing after Christmas when his child wanted to try out his new skateboard. But he had inadvertently stepped into the midst of the commotion. His wife took the kids home while Chris went to help.

Prosecutor Tom Storey KC told Sheffield Crown Court: “Chris and his family returned to the family home in Sheffield after spending Christmas at his parents’ house. A little later that afternoon, the family went for a walk in the area immediately around their house, one of their children was eager to get out on their new skateboard.

“The family’s path took them past the entrance to College Close in the Burngreave area of ​​Sheffield. There, they noticed a lady lying motionless on the road. Mr. Marriott went to see if he could help them with anything while his wife took them. children at home.”

Chris was joined by a midwife walking her dog with her family, Alison Norris, who was medically trained and thought she might also be able to assist. As the group tended to the lady who was lying in the road, a Seat Ibiza car, driven by Hassan Jhangur, came around the corner “at some speed”, the court heard.

The car first collided head-on with Riasat Khan before plowing into the group which included Chris, a midwife and the defendant’s sister Nafeesa Jhangur, who was on the ground, and her mother Ambreen Jhangur. The prosecutor said: “The Seat Ibiza drove right over Chris Marriott, almost certainly killing him on the spot; he also drove over Nafeesa Jhangur, who was very seriously injured, and drove over or collided with both Ambreen Jhangur and Alison Norris, both of whom were also seriously injured.

“Once his vehicle stopped, Hassan Jhangur got out of it, armed with a knife, which he then used to stab Riasat Khan’s son, Hasan Khan, stabbing him several times in the head and side left side of his chest, puncturing his lung in the process, his father, Mohammed Jhangur, the second defendant, took the knife from his son and put it in the locked trunk of his own car, hiding it away from the various people . police officers who by that stage were beginning to arrive at the scene…

The court heard when police and emergency medical crews began to arrive, they found a “scene of chaos, with members of both families shouting at each other in the street”. hit by the Seat Ibiza.

Nafeesa Jhangur was still trapped under the vehicle, so those trying to help lifted the vehicle to get her out. “But in the process it became apparent that there was a man trapped under the vehicle – Chris Marriott; this prompted those present to actually flip the vehicle on its side so that he too could be pulled out,” the prosecutor said. It was immediately apparent to the attending medical staff that he had sustained a significant head injury and was showing no signs of life.”

Mr Jhangur, of Whiteways Road in Sheffield, denies manslaughter and manslaughter but admitted causing death by dangerous driving. He denies attempted murder, causing grievous bodily harm by dangerous driving, three counts of grievous bodily harm with intent and wounding with intent. Mr Jhangur’s father Mohammed Jhangur, 56, of Whiteways Road in Sheffield, is also on trial at Sheffield Crown Court charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice in connection with the alleged hiding of a knife in his car.

The process continues.