South Yorkshire PoliceA man who killed a passer-by when he drove his car into a crowd of people at his sister’s wedding reception has been found guilty of murder
Hassan Jhangur, 25, killed Chris Marriott, 46, when he deliberately crashed his Seat Ibiza into the group in Burngreave, Sheffield, in December 2023.
“Good Samaritan” Mr Marriott, who had stopped to help after Jhangur’s sister had been injured in an earlier brawl, died at the scene while four other people were injured in the crash.
Jhangur, of Whiteways Road, Sheffield, was found guilty by a majority verdict of murder and three counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and one of wounding with intent relating to those also hurt.
He was cleared of a charge of attempted murder but convicted of a second count of wounding with intent after jurors heard he launched a vicious knife attack on his new brother-in-law, Hasan Khan, following the crash, stabbing him repeatedly in the head and chest.
Addressing him, Mr Justice Morris said: “The sentence for murder will be life imprisonment. At the sentencing hearing it will be for me to set the minimum period of time for you to serve before you are considered for release.”
Jhangur’s father, Mohammed Jhangur, 57, who was also on trial, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice after the court heard he had hidden the knife his son used to attack Hasan Khan.
The judge warned him “all sentencing options remain open” before releasing him on bail.
During the trial at Sheffield Crown Court jurors heard how a complex series of events involving the Jhangur and Khan families had led to the death of devout Christian Mr Marriott.
On 27 December, a dispute between the two families came to a peak following the marriage of Amaani Jhangur and Hasan Khan that morning.
The couple had been celebrating at the Khan’s family home in College Court when the bride’s mother, Ambreen, and sister, Nafeesa, arrived and a fight broke out in the street, during which Nafeesa was knocked to the ground, seemingly unconscious.
At this point Mr Marriott, who was out for a walk with his family, and off-duty midwife Alison Norris came across the scene and stepped in to help.
Moments later, Hassan Jhangur arrived in a Seat Ibiza, with witnesses describing him flying round the corner into College Court before driving straight into Riasat Khan and then, without braking, smashing into the group of people gathered around Nafeesa Jhangur
The court heard Mr Marriott died at the scene, while Ms Norris, Ambreen Jhangur, Nafeesa Jhangur and Riasat Khan were all seriously injured.
Hassan Jhangur then got out of the car brandishing a knife and attacked Hasan Khan before passing the knife to his father, Mohammed Jhangur, who hid it in the boot of his taxi.
‘Public spirit’
Opening the case, prosecutor Jason Pitter KC said: “Chris Marriott was only trying to help. Alison Norris was only trying to help too.
“It was that public spirit of both of them that brought them unwittingly into the midst of a family dispute.”
He told jurors that although Hassan Jhangur’s target may have been the Khan family, “the law says your intentions can be transferred from one person to another, even if he did not intend to hit that particular person”.
Both Hassan Jhangur and Mohammed Jhangur will return to the court for sentencing at a later date.
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