Hit-and-run driver who killed UK cyclist built new life in Pakistan before arrest

Kashif Khan was doing much than treble the 30mph bounds erstwhile helium ploughed into 59-year-old grandad Andel Goulbourne successful Saltley, Birmingham earlier fleeing the UK wrong hours of the crash

A coward motorist who killed a cyclist built a caller beingness thousands of miles distant aft fleeing the state wrong hours of the crash. Kashif Khan married, had kids and worked arsenic a taxi operator portion connected the run.

He was doing much than treble the 30mph bounds connected Washwood Heath Road successful Saltley erstwhile helium ploughed into 59-year-old grandad Andel Goulbourne.

He fled the scene, booked a formation to Dubai and past moved to Pakistan. There, helium remained and lived a seemingly mean beingness until July this twelvemonth erstwhile helium flew backmost to Birmingham Airport and was arrested.

Meanwhile, the household of beloved Mr Goulbourne were near with a immense spread successful their lives and a deficiency of closure. Khan, 28, of Parkhouse Drive successful Erdington, admitted causing decease by unsafe driving and was sentenced to six years astatine Birmingham Crown Court connected Thursday, September 19.

He was besides banned from driving for 12 years and ten-and-a-half months, marking the 2nd clip helium had received a roadworthy ban. Judge Kerry Maylin told Mr Goulbourne's household the condemnation was to 'mark the criminality and not enactment a 'value' connected his life.

She told Khan: "You moved connected with your life, joined and had 2 children and lived freely successful Pakistan. It leads maine to person concerns what you were doing successful Pakistan."

"You were intelligibly not consumed with regret arsenic you worked arsenic a taxi operator successful Pakistan driving radical astir erstwhile knowing you had been progressive successful a fatal postulation collision."

The clang happened astatine astir 11.20pm connected July 30, 2020, reports BirminghamLive. Khan was driving a BMW which did not adjacent beryllium to him. It had been loaned to idiosyncratic other - ironically pursuing a abstracted roadworthy collision - who successful crook fto the suspect thrust it.

Witnesses described however Khan 'zoomed' past them astatine velocity arsenic helium undertook them connected a gaffe roadworthy astatine the Saltley Gate Island earlier cutting up a taxi operator arsenic helium merged backmost connected to Washwood Heath Road. Moments aboriginal helium struck Mr Goulbourne, who was travelling successful the other absorption connected his bicycle and was turning into Clayton Road.

A collision probe concluded Khan was doing betwixt 61 to 64mph astatine the time. CCTV showed Mr Goulbourne being flung into the air. The tribunal was told his assemblage came to remainder 50 metres from the spot wherever helium was hit.

Khan fled the scene. Judge Maylin told him: "You indispensable person realised. You got retired of your conveyance and walked towards the scene. Then, possibly connected seeing the carnage your unsafe driving had caused, you cowardly near the country leaving Mr Goulbourne to members of the nationalist who had travel retired of their ain properties."

Less than 20 hours aboriginal helium was connected a formation to Dubai. A fewer months aboriginal Crimestoppers issued a wanted entreaty with a £5,000 reward for accusation connected the past 24-year-old''s whereabouts.

Little implicit a twelvemonth earlier the incident, successful May 2019, Khan had completed an extended retest pursuing a condemnation for unsafe driving successful 2017 which earned him a six-month condemnation and 15-month driving disqualification. Mr Goulbourne's sister, Carol Gordon, said the footage of the collision and the representation of his 'lifeless assemblage lying successful the road' haunted her each day.

She recalled that connected his 56th day helium had told her each helium wanted from beingness was to 'be astir my family', a privation she said was 'cruelly taken distant from him'. Ms Gordon added: "Every clip I spot a cyclist connected the roadworthy flashbacks paralyse maine for a split-second past I secretly privation the cyclist a agelong life, information and happiness. That's each I wanted for my brother."

Speaking connected behalf of Mr Goulbourne's children, his girl Samantha Higgins told Khan: "You showed nary remorse and lone thought of yourself, choosing to fly the country and yet the country, leaving my dada astatine the broadside of the roadworthy battling for his life."

"You avoided apprehension for 4 years. Now you are yet being held accountable for your actions. As a household we anticipation you usage the clip you are fixed to bespeak connected the unthinkable symptom you person caused."

"Our dad's decease near a immense void successful tons of people's lives particularly our lives and those of his grandchildren who volition present turn up without a begetter figure."

Balbir Singh, defending, said Khan 'panicked' aft the collision and near the state 'terrified', but helium 'built up the courage' to instrumentality to the UK voluntarily and plead blameworthy to his charge. Mr Singh said: "You person his property astatine the time, 24. You person his regret and remorse."