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Taxi driver on trial over the death of 91-year-old Leeds woman



DENIES CHARGE: Jamil Khan at Leeds Crown Court.


A taxi driver fatally injured a 91-year-old woman after knocking her down at a busy pedestrian crossing in Leeds city centre, a jury heard.

Shortly after the collision, Jamil Khan is alleged to have told a witness that she ‘should have looked where she was going’.

A court heard Florence Tebbutt, from Cookridge, died 11 days after the incident which took place on Merrion Street around 2pm on June 3 last year.

Khan, 38, of Dorest Avenue, Harehills is on trial at Leeds Crown Court where he denies causing death by careless driving.

Simon Batiste, prosecuting, said Miss Tebbutt was an active and independent lady despite her age and had gone into the city centre to do some shopping.

She had left the Merrion Centre and was crossing the road to go into the St John’s Centre when she was struck by Khan’s BMW.

The prosecutor said Miss Tebbutt joined others on the busy crossing but had not reached the other side when the green pedestrian signal had gone out.

She was around three metres from the pavement when she was struck by Khan’s vehicle and thrown into the air before striking the bonnet.

Miss Tebbutt was taken to hospital suffering from a fractured rib and injuries to her kidneys.

She appeared to be making a full recovery but suffered a heart attack and died on June 14.

Mr Batiste said a woman suggested to Khan after the collision that he should have been looking at the road.

He added: “He replied that he was looking at the lights.

“The prosecution say that this indicative that the 
defendant was not paying attention to the road before he set off.”

Mr Batiste said air fresheners hanging from his rear view mirror may also have obstructed his view.

Another witness, Carol Sanderson, told the court she said to Khan: “You stupid idiot, you did that on purpose. You could have stopped.”

Mrs Sanderson said Khan replied: “The lights were on green.

“She should have looked where she was ....... going.”

She added that she was “disgusted” by the comment.

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... -1-4982662

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Perhaps he should have looked where he was going as well.

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

38 never in a million years.

Death crash Leeds taxi driver denies he saw pensioner


A taxi driver accused of fatally injuring a 91-year-old woman after knocking her down at a pedestrian crossing denied lying about the account he gave to police following the incident.

Jamil Khan, 38, is on trial at Leeds Crown Court where he denies causing death by careless driving over the death of Florence Tebbutt.

Mrs Tebbutt died 11 days after being struck by Khan’s BMW as she crossed Merrion Street around 2pm on June 3 last year.

A jury has heard Miss Tebbutt joined others on the busy crossing but had not reached the other side when the green pedestrian signal had gone out.

Giving evidence through an Urdu interpreter, Mr Khan told the court his view of Mrs Tebbutt was blocked by a 4x4 vehicle travelling slightly ahead of him in the next lane as he approached the crossing.

Khan, of Dorset Avenue, Harehills, denied claims by three witnesses that he had sworn after the incident and had said Miss Tebbutt “should have looked where she was going.”

His barrister Philip Standfast asked Khan: “Do you think there was anything you could have done to avoid this accident?” He replied: “Nothing.”

During cross examination by prosecutor Simon Batiste, Khan denied he had lied to police in interview when he gave his account of the incident.

Mr Batiste suggested to Mr Khan that he had briefly stopped at the crossing and would have clearly seen the pensioner as he was the first to drive off.

Mr Batiste said: “What I suggest to you Mr Khan is that you did pull up momentarily at this junction and that if you had cared to look to your left in the direction that Florence Tebbut was crossing the road you would have easily have been able to see her.

“Perhaps because, as you said in your interview, that you were looking at the lights rather than the road ahead you did not see her despite of her being in view. Do you agree with that?” Khan replied: “No.”

Miss Tebbutt, from Cookridge, was around three metres from the pavement when she was struck and thrown into the air.

She was taken to hospital suffering from a fractured rib and injuries to her kidneys. She appeared to be making a full recovery but suffered a heart attack and died on June 14.

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... -1-4994933

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

38???

He must have had a f*cking hard paper round.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I don't know, a woman dies due to this collision and the Captain and Nidge are questioning the chaps age. Is that relevent?

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Grandad,

Perhaps they are doubting he is who he says he is?

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Beirut or Kabul maybe?

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