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A coward who ‘prowled the streets’ before following and running over his ex-partner’s husband as he cycled to work has been jailed. Ijaz Ahmed, 51, drove to the man’s address and lay in wait before pursuing him.
Captured on CCTV, Ahmed caught up to him and knocked him from his bike. He then attacked him with a knife and left him to bleed out on the street, Minshull Street Crown Court previously heard.
Ahmed, of Stoke-on-Trent, was convicted following a trial of an offence of attempted murder. Today (June 15) he was jailed for 30 years.
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The court heard that in the early hours of the morning on December 10 2021, Ahmed drove to the man’s address and ‘lay in wait’. As the victim was cycling to work, Ahmed followed him in his car and knocked him to the ground.
He then attacked him with a knife.
Police were called to reports of the collision on Bowness Road, in Middleton, at around 6.30am that morning. They found the victim had suffered deep wounds to his face and scale that were inflicted by a knife, as well as an open skull fracture and blunt force trauma to his body.
Eyewitnesses were able to identify the car, namely a blue Toyota Yaris, and detectives traced it to a garage in Stoke-on-Trent where it was being advertised for sale. They identified a key witness who revealed he had given the key to Ahmed on the understanding that he knew someone who was interested in buying the car.
The man then told officers that the car was missing on the morning of the collision and was returned a few hours later by Ahmed with damage to the number plate and scratches to the paintwork.
When confronted, Ahmed offered to pay for repairs and broke the number plate
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