Jhangur jailed for life with 26-year minimum in Sheffield car attack

A 25-year-old man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 26 years after driving a car into a crowd and killing a father-of-two who had stopped to help an injured woman during a wedding-related brawl in Sheffield on December 27, 2023. Hassan Jhangur was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on Thursday after a jury found him guilty of murder and multiple other violent offences following a trial in July.

The court heard that the incident unfolded in the Burngreave area after a dispute between two families at a wedding reception. Jhangur arrived in a blue Seat Ibiza, drove into the road and struck Riasat Khan, the father of one of the rival family members, before ploughing into a group of people. Among those hit was 46-year-old Chris Marriott, who had been out on a post-Christmas walk with his family and stopped to help Nafeesa Jhangur, who lay injured in the street. Mr Marriott died at the scene. Several others were injured, including an off-duty midwife, Alison Norris, and members of Jhangur’s own family.

Prosecutors told the jury that Jhangur had been informed his sister had been injured and had come to the scene with the car as a weapon. They argued that even if his...