Fatal car crash part of a ‘plan’, court told

Three men who were mown down during last summer’s riots were murdered in a “concerted plan” involving three cars which “each had a role to perform”, a court has heard. Haroon Jahan, 20, and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, were hit by a black Mazda car during disorder in Birmingham in the early hours of 10 August.

Prosecutor Tim Spencer, QC, told Birmingham Crown Court the deaths were not down to chance but came after a plan was hatched.

Jurors watched CCTV footage of the fatal impact, which clearly shows the three men being flung into the air after they were hit by the car on Dudley Road.

Ryan Goodwin, 21, Shaun Flynn, 26, Juan Ruiz-Gaviria, 31, Joshua Donald, 27, Everton Graham, 30, Adam King, 24, Ian Beckford, 30, and Aaron Parkins, 18, all deny three counts of murder.