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| Jasmyn Chan death: Man jailed for Sheffield hit-and-run | |
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| A man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for killing a teenage girl in a hit-and-run crash. | A man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for killing a teenage girl in a hit-and-run crash. |
| Jasmyn Chan, 14, died when she was hit by a car on Normanton Hill, Sheffield, on 9 May while crossing the road. | Jasmyn Chan, 14, died when she was hit by a car on Normanton Hill, Sheffield, on 9 May while crossing the road. |
| Naseeb Ellahi, 33, was driving at more than 60mph when he hit Jasmyn before driving off. | Naseeb Ellahi, 33, was driving at more than 60mph when he hit Jasmyn before driving off. |
| Ellahi, of Ash Road in Birmingham, was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court. He pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving earlier this month. | Ellahi, of Ash Road in Birmingham, was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court. He pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving earlier this month. |
| 'Act of bravery' | 'Act of bravery' |
| He also admitted failing to stop after an accident and failing to report an accident. | He also admitted failing to stop after an accident and failing to report an accident. |
| Jasmyn was hit by the car moments after pushing her friend Tia Tucker, 12, out of the way in a "remarkable act of bravery" which saved her life, Judge Julian Goose QC said. | |
| Ellahi had been taking cocaine before he set off to drive that night. | Ellahi had been taking cocaine before he set off to drive that night. |
| The 34-year-old was also driving without insurance or a licence when he ran into the two girls, Sheffield Crown Court heard. | |
| Ellahi admitted causing death by dangerous driving and other offences. | Ellahi admitted causing death by dangerous driving and other offences. |
| Many in the packed public gallery were in tears as Jasmyn's mother, Paula McCullie, read out an impact statement to the court. | |
| Mrs McCullie told Judge Goose her daughter was "the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen" after she was born and grew up to be an art-loving "beautiful, popular young girl" who dreamed of becoming an architect. | |
| Watched by dozens of members of her family, she said Jasmyn was a "beautiful, loving, generous girl with a heart of pure gold." | |
| Mrs McCullie added: "Some people are just born special. Jasmyn was one of those people." | |
| Her ex-husband, Paul Chan, was also in tears as she recalled how she knew her daughter was dead when she arrived at the scene of the crash, near her house. | |
| Mrs McCullie asked the judge how someone could knock down two children and leave them for dead by the side of the road. | |
| Ellahi sat in the dock with his head in his hands weeping through the hour long hearing. | |
| Tom Storey, prosecuting, explained how the defendant was a habitual cannabis user who had been banned from driving many years ago and since getting his new car had never bothered having a lesson and failed his theory test three times. | |
| Ellahi set out to drive on that Friday night to see his daughter after taking two lines of cocaine. | |
| Lost control of car | |
| Mr Storey said investigators showed how the car had been travelling at more than 61mph on the 30mph single carriageway road when he began to brake, got into a skid and lost control. | |
| The judge said he thought Ellahi would have been travelling substantially faster than this. | |
| Jasmyn and Tia were with three other friends, who cannot be named, who were crossing the road in two groups. | |
| Mr Storey said it was likely Ellahi braked when he saw the three other teenagers in the road and swerved to miss them and ended up hitting the other two girls. | |
| He confirmed Jasmyn tried to push her friend Tia out of the way of the vehicle before they were hit. | |
| Tia suffered a fractured ankle and cuts to her legs. | |
| The prosecutor said Ellahi stopped briefly then drove off at speed, leaving the injured girls on the grass verge where they had landed. | |
| He handed himself into police five days later and his car has never been recovered. |