Man accused of killing 'good Samaritan' in Sheffield denies deliberately driving into crowd
A man accused of murdering a "good Samaritan", who was killed while helping a stranger lying in the street, claims he did not deliberately drive into a crowd of people.
Hassan Jhangur, 25, hit five people with his Seat Ibiza when he arrived at his sister's wedding reception, where a fight had broken out between the families of the newlyweds.
Sheffield Crown Court heard Jhangur drove into the father of the rival Khan family, who was standing in the street, throwing him over the vehicle's bonnet.
He then crashed into a group of four people, including passerby Chris Marriott, who had stopped to help one of Jhangur's sisters as she was lying in the road.
Jurors heard Mr Marriott, 46, was killed and the three others were injured, including off-duty midwife Alison Norris and Jhangur's own mother and sister.
On Thursday 19 June, Jhangur took the stand and denied deliberately aiming for pedestrians with his car.
The 25-year-old said he woke up around 2pm to the sound of his sister screaming and shouting, saying that his other sister had been hit.
He told the court he was upset and ran upstairs to his bedroom, where he grabbed a knife.
Asked why he took it, he said he knew there were four men are the Khan family home. He said: "I had this feeling that I'd be out-manned and need to produce something to get away."
He admitted he was prepared to use the knife and it "didn't occur to [him]" to call police at the time.
Jhangur told the court he was unaware of the speed he was driving, but remembers losing control of the car.
He claims he did not see the group of people outside the Khan house, and didn't deliberately aim for them.
Jhangur said the next thing he remembered was someone on the floor and he used the knife in self-defence once he got out of the car. Jhangur has pleaded not guilty to murder and a number of other charges.
The trial continues.
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