Sheffield driver sentenced to life for killing 16‑year‑old

A driver who deliberately used his car as a weapon, killing a 16-year-old boy walking on a pavement, has been sentenced to life in prison. Zulkernain Ahmed, 21, must serve a minimum of 30 years for the murder of Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb in Sheffield.

The fatal collision occurred on the afternoon of June 4 last year on Staniforth Road in the Darnall area. Ahmed was driving his grey Audi down the wrong side of the road and mounted the curb to target a group of e-bike and moped riders. The vehicle first struck one of the riders, knocking him over a hedge, before ploughing into Abdullah, who was walking on the pavement. The teenager was thrown into the air by the impact and died later in hospital.

Prosecutors told Sheffield Crown Court that Ahmed had been searching for e-bike rider Larome Divers over a dispute related to e-bikes, intending to use his car as a weapon. Abdullah, who had no connection to the dispute, was described by the judge, Mrs Justice Tipples, as being "tragically in the wrong place at the wrong time." She imposed the life sentence on the first anniversary of the boy's death.

Ahmed was found guilty of murder, causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Mr....