Driver who killed e-bike rider by ramming him into concrete post jailed for life

A car operator who hunted down and deliberately rammed an e-bike rider, leaving him to dice astatine the roadside, has been jailed for beingness for murder.

Abdirahman Ibrahim, 21, “weaponised” his Seat Leon aft seeing friends Liam Jones and Tayzhon Johnson “showboating” connected electrical off-road bikes successful the Yardley country connected August 1 2023, BirminghamCrown Court was told.

Ibrahim remained emotionless successful the dock arsenic helium was handed a beingness condemnation with a minimum word of 22 years connected Monday.

Judge Andrew Smith KC said Mr Jones, who was described successful tribunal arsenic the amusive and bubbly “spark” of his family, had done thing to punctual Ibrahim to pursuit him.

The 22-year-old was pronounced dormant astatine the country aft being knocked disconnected his e-bike into a factual station successful Moat Lane, having been rammed doubly by the Seat.

The justice told Ibrahim, of Bonham Grove, Yardley: “After cautious reflection I person concluded that you did thrust the car into and connected Moat Lane specified that you had the car disposable arsenic a weapon. You pursued (Mr Jones and his friend) successful a determined and deliberate way.

“You became alert of Liam Jones and Tayzhon Johnson arsenic you entered the Coventry Road and you changed your absorption to travel them.

“Once down the electrical bikes being driven by Mr Jones and Mr Johnson it indispensable person been wide to you that neither of them was wearing a helmet.

“There is nary grounds that Mr Jones oregon Mr Johnson ever participated successful racing with your car oregon did thing to promote you to interact with them.”

The justice said the 2 men had realised they were being followed and went down a one-way thoroughfare successful a bid to get distant from the car, but Ibrahim drove astatine velocity on different adjacent roadworthy to drawback them.

The justice added: “Your actions successful the contiguous aftermath of this deliberate collision were governed by a selfish tendency to flight from the country and progressive nary attraction for Mr Jones.”

Ibrahim’s brother, Abdullahi Ibrahim, besides of Bonham Grove, pleaded blameworthy to assisting an offender and was jailed for 2 years and 10 months.

The tribunal heard the 22-year-old, who was a rear spot rider successful the Seat, was progressive successful efforts to fell the conveyance successful the hours aft the murder.