Imam who ran over man informed police he thought the physique was ‘a bin bag’

An Imam who ran over and killed a person mendacity in the midst of the highway after hurling insults at individuals attempting to warn him informed police he thought the physique was a bin bag. 

Qari Hazarvi Abassi, 72, was on his technique to lead early morning prayers on the Abubakr Mosque in Southall, west London, when he hit Harvinder Singh, 49, on 4 May, 2021.

Two passers-by noticed Mr Singh mendacity in the midst of Lady Margaret Road and tried to divert the automobiles round him.

But once they tried to warn Abassi he ignored them, forcing them to leap out of the best way earlier than he drove over Mr Singh’s head and chest.

He drove off muttering a stream of expletives in Urdu, which translate to: ‘Sister f****r, youngster of a pimp, your mom’s p***y of you sister f****r Gandoo [a sodomised person], sister f****r.’

Abassi was arrested at his residence at 5am and informed police he might need run over a bin bag.

Mr Singh died from his accidents, together with fractured ribs on his proper facet, harm to his liver and stomach haemorrhaging at 4.11am that morning.

Qari Hazarvi Abassi was on his technique to lead early morning prayers on the Abubakr Mosque in Southall (pictured) when he hit Harvinder Singh on 4 May, 202

He had been discovered within the highway earlier than saying he needed to kill himself.

Abassi claimed he didn’t cease when he noticed two males warning him of the hazard as he thought they had been drunk.

He denied however was convicted of inflicting loss of life by careless driving by an Old Bailey jury at the moment.

Judge Rebecca Poulet, KC, ordered a pre-sentence report back to learn the way Abassi’s age would impact him in jail.

The Imam was driving at 25mph in a 20mph zone when he hit Mr Singh.

Prosecutor Alexander Agbamu earlier informed the court docket how the 2 members of the general public had been standing within the highway, warning Abassi of the approaching hazard forward.

‘Mr Abassi disregarded these warnings and didn’t sluggish his method, inflicting the members of the general public to leap out of the best way to keep away from being hit themselves.

‘He drove over Mr Singh and continued to drive on with out stopping. Mr Singh sustained devastating damage and was pronounced lifeless later that morning.’

Giving proof by an Urdu interpreter, Abassi stated he had not stopped when he noticed the lads as a result of he thought they could have been drunk.

He stated: ‘While I used to be driving I noticed two males standing on the highway they usually had been displaying some gestures in direction of me and I assumed ‘why are they doing these gestures with their arms in direction of me? Either they need a raise or they’re drunk’.

‘There was one thing mendacity on the highway which I assumed was a bin or briefcase or one thing, and these males with their gestures.

‘So I used to be considering ‘Why are they doing this to me for being a human being, so I made some feedback which had been sweary’.

‘It was by no means in my thoughts that some human being or particular person was there.

‘When individuals ask you to cease and you do not know these individuals, you do not cease for that motive.’

The prosecutor requested him: ‘Do you suppose you probably did something fallacious’?

Abassi replied: ‘No’.

Abassi, of Longboat Row, Southall, denied however was convicted of inflicting loss of life by careless driving.

The cleric was granted bail forward of sentencing on a date to be mounted.