A man brutally stabbed his housemate 34 times after he mistakenly thought he’d broken his plate. Stephen Owusu, 23, confronted 42-year-old Thomas Murphy, before going to the kitchen and picking up a 20-inch knife before plunging it into his body.
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This chilling video shows the Snapchat clip a killer driver filmed moments before he lost control and ploughed into a wall. Rohani Jillani, 25, was filming the video with one hand and inhaling nitrous oxide balloons with the other while driving on the Mancunian Way.
He was driving ‘ridiculously fast’ at 98mph in a 40mph zone. Seconds later he passed out and slumped on the steering wheel of his Mercedes A180.
The car veered to the left and crashed into a viaduct as the A road meets Great Ancoats Street. His 17-year-old passenger Nadia Yusuf died, and his other passenger Shafi Sufi, now 20, survived but was seriously hurt.
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Jillani suffered a brain injury and has no recollection of the incident, Manchester Crown Court heard. He has now been sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison, after pleading guilty to causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving.
Police were able to show he’d been driving at 98mph prior to the crash, because the speedometer of the Mercedes could be seen in the Snapchat video. Ms Yusuf was pronounced dead hours after the crash, which happened at about 11.30pm on January 10 last year.
Mr Sufi required surgery and is due to undergo a hip replacement procedure following injuries sustained in the horrific incident. Sentencing, Judge Alan Conrad KC told Jillani: "Nadia Yusuf lost her life in the collision caused by your driving. She was a young woman with everything to live for, whose life brought great joy to all.
"Her death has caused enormous grief to her loving family and friends. Her mother's health has suffered
A man brutally stabbed his housemate 34 times after he mistakenly thought he’d broken his plate. Stephen Owusu, 23, confronted 42-year-old Thomas Murphy, before going to the kitchen and picking up a 20-inch knife before plunging it into his body.
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