Boy, 17, Admits Killing Three Friends In Horror Crash

    A teenager will be sentenced on his 18th birthday after he admitted causing the deaths of three friends in a horror crash.

    Arayeb Saqib will be sentenced for three charges of causing death by dangerous driving and one charge of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after admitting killing three of his passengers; 24 year old Hamzaa Jacob Iqbal, from Burnage; 21 year old Hamza Gujjar, from Bramhall; and 20 year old Munib Afzal Karim, of Heald Green.

    A fifth man involved was seriously injured in the crash in the early hours of April 27 in Wilbraham Road, in the Whalley Range area.

    Saqib, of Wisner Court, Glasgow, was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on July 15th.

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