Duo guilty of conspiracy to pervert course of justice in Beeston ‘cash for crash’ trial

    Two men were found guilty at Leeds Crown Court of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in a ‘cash for crash’ trial.

    Shahrear Miah and Abdilahi Ahmed were sentenced yesterday, 7 November. Five other defendants pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.

    The seven men conspired together to offer money to jurors in a trial which took place at Leeds Crown Court in February 2017. That trial centred around a ‘cash for crash’ insurance fraud, in which a plot was hatched to collide deliberately with another vehicle, in order to claim compensation from the insurance company for ‘injuries’ sustained.  

    The ‘accident’ was staged in Beeston, Leeds in September 2014.  The impact killed the 88-year-old passenger in the targeted car. Four defendants were duly charged with manslaughter, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and conspiracy to defraud and were sentenced to a total of over 37 years.  

    The other defendants will be sentenced on 9 and 10 November at Leeds Crown Court.

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