Killer grandpa struck crash sufferer then fled as he was ‘upset’ seeing him bleed to loss of life

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Gladwyn Alleyne, 66, was captured on CCTV getting out of his car, strolling up to his victim Jason Hicks and then fleeing the scene in West Bromwich

A killer dad-of-seven and grandpa who struck and killed a pedestrian before fleeing the scene because he was “upset” after seeing his victim bleeding out on the pavement has been jailed.

Prostate cancer sufferer Gladwyn Alleyne, 66, visited a snooker hall and downed “two pints” before climbing into a black Mitsubishi 4×4. His victim Jason Hicks had “almost reached the safety of the pavement” when Alleyne smashed into him at over 40mph in West Bromwich.

Mr Hicks, 44, was “flung into the air” and crashed to the ground, with horrified witnesses rushing to help. As he lay motionless and covered in blood, convicted drink driver Alleyne was caught on CCTV stepping out of his vehicle, walking up to his victim and then running off.

He abandoned his car and later told officers he was too “upset” to remain at the scene after witnessing his injured victim’s body. Paramedics and a police officer fought to save Mr Hicks at the roadside but his injuries were too catastrophic and he died.

Had Alleyne adhered to the 30mph speed limit, Mr Hicks would have had two additional seconds to safely cross the road and he would not have died, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told, reports Birmingham Live. The collision occurred along the A41 Birmingham Road at approximately 9pm on October 5, 2024.

Alleyne, of Bassett Road, Wednesbury, was travelling towards the M5 in a Mitsubishi L200 Animal. Mr Hicks was initially moving at a “normal pace” before he “broke into a jog” near a BP petrol station, prosecutor Sarah Slater said. He was struck while he was “approximately half way across the nearside lane”.

An inquiry determined that Alleyne was driving at between 42mph and 49mph in the moments before the collision and at a “minimum speed of 42mph” at the “point of collision”.

If Alleyne had been travelling at the speed limit “during the 5.7 seconds that Mr Hicks was in the carriageway”, the victim “would have had over two further seconds to cross the carriageway”, Ms Slater explained.

She continued: “He would have, therefore, safely crossed the carriageway and on to the footpath.” One eyewitness, who was present at the petrol station, remembered hearing a “loud bang”. He told officers how he went to provide medical assistance before shouting to his partner to dial 999.

Ms Slater stated: “He said that the defendant, the driver of the vehicle, did come over but he walked away and got back into his vehicle.” The witness then noted down the Mitsubishi’s number plate which enabled officers to track down the hit-and-run motorist after the incident.

A police officer, also present at the petrol station, remembered seeing the victim “lying face down” on the pavement, with blood pouring from his head, nose and ear. His breathing was “ragged”, he seemed unconscious and his pulse was weak.

She recognised he had “lost a considerable amount of blood” and began CPR while on the phone to an emergency call handler. The court was told that Mr Hicks sustained a “severe traumatic brain injury” which resulted in cardiac arrest. Despite emergency services providing advanced life support at the scene, he was declared dead at 9.22pm.

A post-mortem examination revealed he had also sustained fractured legs, along with bruising and grazing.

Following Alleyne’s departure from the scene, police carried out an area search and found the Mitsubishi nearby half on the pavement at 9.45pm. The vehicle had front nearside damage, with the glass and silver trim missing from the main headlight.

Alleyne was arrested the following day, with officers discovering the Mitsubishi keys in his jacket. Regarding his police interview, Ms Slater said: “He said that Mr Hicks had run out in front of him so he had not been able to avoid him. He was travelling, he said, at around 30mph.”

Alleyne informed police he fled the scene when he “saw the blood because it upset him”. The Mitsubishi had successfully passed its MOT earlier that year and had no defects which contributed to the crash, Ms Slater added.

The court was told Alleyne had prior convictions for driving otherwise in accordance with a licence, driving without insurance, driving without a test certificate and drink-driving dating back to 2004. Later that same year, he accumulated convictions for driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.

In 2025, he appeared in court for resisting a constable, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance and driving without a test certificate. Danae Larham, representing the defendant, told the court that self-employed welder Alleyne is battling prostate cancer, as well as mental health difficulties “arising out of the incident”.

The defendant, who is father to seven children and grandfather to six, is described as a “family man”, she stated. Alleyne’s wife of 13 years, who works as a supply maths teacher at a secondary school, has suffered significantly following the crash and endured a “mental breakdown”.

As Alleyne serves as the main breadwinner, she would be “significantly impacted” by her husband’s imprisonment, Ms Larham explained. Regarding Alleyne fleeing the scene, Ms Larham commented: “It was not something Alleyne was expecting to happen.

“That amounted in a significant amount of shock when he had stopped the car and got out. He had seen Mr Hicks there on the ground. He saw people on the telephone and it was in that knowledge that he made the mistake, he accepts, significant mistake, to leave the scene. He was shocked.”

Judge Michael Chambers KC acknowledged to Ms Larham that he was ‘sure there was an element of shock and panic’ while observing that the defendant seemed to exit his Mitsubishi ‘slowly’ and return to it ‘slowly’. He stated there was ‘no direct evidence’ that Alleyne had been drink-driving during the collision but remarked: “That’s the whole point of remaining at the scene.”

During sentencing, Judge Chambers noted that ‘although it would have been dark’, there was ‘good’ street lighting, alongside illumination from the BP petrol station. The judge stated: “The cause of this collision was speed. You have been assessed as driving at some 42mph. That clearly was grossly excessive and significant.”

Regarding Alleyne’s decision to flee the scene, the judge remarked: “By leaving the scene, you frustrated the testing of you for alcohol and you must have known that and that, in my judgement, is a grossly aggravating factor.”

Alleyne admitted causing death by careless driving, failing to stop after a road traffic collision and failing to report a road traffic collision. He was handed a 14-month prison sentence on Friday, October 30. The defendant was additionally disqualified from driving for two years and seven months.

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