Pair found guilty following car collision which killed two young brothers
Two men were convicted last month over a tragic collision that claimed the lives of beloved young brothers Sanjay and Pawanveer Singh.
They died after the car they were in with their mother was hit by a high-powered Audi on Birmingham New Road in Wolverhampton in 2019.
The Audi driver Mohammed Sullaiman Khan reached speeds of 90mph before he went through a red light and hit the BMW the boys were in with their mother.
It was around 8.45pm and Sanjay, aged 10, and 23-month-old Pawanveer, who were already in their pyjamas, had been heading home after collecting their supper from a fish bar where their dad worked.
Both boys suffered catastrophic injuries and were sadly pronounced dead at the scene. Their mother, Arithi Nahar, suffered serious injuries.
At the junction with Lawnswood Avenue, where the BMW had right of way and was turning right, the Audi went through a red light and hit it.
The force of the impact had pushed the BMW across the verge and into metal railings.
Mohammed Sullaiman Khan fled and by about 10 pm, he was in a burger bar in Sparkbrook. CCTV shows him in discomfort from the impact of the collision he had been in less than two hours earlier.
At some point, a plan was hatched to cover up his involvement, and at 10.20 pm police were called by Mohammed Asim Khan saying his brother Mohammed Sullaiman Khan’s car had been taken in a car-key burglary earlier that day.
DC Karl Davies, from our Serious Collision Investigation Unit, who lead the enquiries, said: “Our duty was to Sanjay and Pawanveer and to their family, who have been so brave throughout.
“It is awful, almost beyond words, for two young brothers to be killed in such a dreadful collision.”
Mohammed Sullaiman Khan, aged 27, of Pershore Road, Edgbaston, admitted two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, and one count of causing serious injury at an earlier hearing.
During the trial, he further admitted perverting the course of justice.
Mohammed Asim Khan, 35, of Shaftmoor Lane, Hall Green, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice for lying to police about the ‘burglary’.
Mohammed Adil Khan, 34, of Newnham Road, Edgbaston, and Rashane Henry, 31, of Fairway Green, Bilston, were cleared of perverting the course of justice.
The driver of a Bentley, Hamza Shahid, 35, of Newbridge Road, Birmingham, which was being driven near the Audi, was found not guilty of causing death by dangerous driving and also not guilty of causing serious injury.
He denied racing the Audi and told the court he had been speeding to avoid the aggressive driving of Khan.
The Khan brothers will be sentenced at a later date.
A sixth man Tejinder Singh, 30, of Babors Field, Bilston, who denies conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and assisting an offender, will be tried at a date to be confirmed.
The family of the youngsters said in a statement: “As a family we would firstly like to say a big thank you to West Midlands Police Serious Collision Investigation Unit for investigating Sanjay and Pawanveer’s case.
“Sanjay attended Cotwall End Primary School, Sedgley, where they made a sunshine garden. This garden has provided a safe, secure place where our family and friends can visit. It’s there where we feel at peace after the sad loss of both of our sons.
“We as parents of Sanjay & Pawanveer miss them terribly, we will never see them grow up into teenagers and then later, as adults. We have been robbed of that. Our boys were taken away in a blink of an eye on the 14th March, 2019. The day that our lives & our home died too.
“With the support of our family, friends, loved ones, colleagues and professionals like Victim Support and Edwards Trust, we have developed a new way of living again with this constant pain and bleed in our hearts.”
