UK: Arab Charged with Four Counts of Attempted Murder for Running People Down with His Car

BBC
October 27, 2013

Aqab Hussain left the UK three days after the hit-and-run.
Aqab Hussain left the UK three days after the hit-and-run.

A man has been convicted of four counts of attempted murder after a “revenge” hit-and-run which left one victim with “life-changing” injuries.

Aqab Hussain, 21, of no fixed abode, was arrested and charged after he drove his Vauxhall Corsa at speed at four men in John Dalton Street, Manchester.

One man jumped out of the way and the others suffered “substantial” injuries, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

Hussain will be sentenced on 31 October at Manchester Crown Court.

He was found guilty by a jury after a trial following the incident in the early hours of 21 August 2012.
‘Catapulted into air’

The Crown Prosecution Service said Hussain had an altercation with the men on Albert Square in Manchester city centre before he hit them with his car.

Hussain left the UK three days after this incident. He was arrested by police more than seven weeks later at Manchester Airport.

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