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WARNING - Graphic Images : Driver convicted of Grand Theft Auto-type attack

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Driver convicted of Grand Theft Auto-type attack

Staff reporter, The West Australian October 3, 2013, 10:40 am

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In an incident compared to the video game Grand Theft Auto, three friends run down by a vengeful driver were "knocked over like skittles", according to a witness.

Aqab Hussain, 21, was convicted of four counts of attempted murder for driving into the victims, reports the Daily Mail.

The victims, who were thrown into the air and left for dead when Hussain sped off, were on a night out in Manchester, in the United Kingdom, and were crossing the road when Hussain drove at them.

WARNING: Video contains graphic images

One victim, Michael Ward, was vision impaired before the hit-and-run but now is paralysed on one side. His skull was fractured and he spent 20 days in intensive care. His speech remains affected.

Martin Harris and Paul Hulme also received injuries.

The terrifying incident happened after both Hussain and his victims attended the same lap dancing club in the early hours of August 21 last year. A row outside the club escalated into the speeding Grand Theft Auto-type attack.

Witness Corey Gordon was sitting in his car when he saw the attack.

He said: "It was like ten pin bowling where you hit the skittles and they go up in the air. I can only describe it as unreal - a computer game like Grand Theft Auto - as he swerved off line to hit the men. It knocked one of the men at least 7ft into the air."

The Manchester Crown Court was told Hussain wobbled his vehicle to shake off one of the men who was on the bonnet.

Hussain denied driving the car and denied all charges. It emerged he had previous convictions for dangerous driving and failing to stop after an accident.
He was remanded in custody to face on October 31.

 

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'It was like watching Grand Theft Auto': Dramatic moment three pedestrians were knocked over by speeding driver who wanted to kill in revenge attack

  • Three men were crossing road after night out in Manchester city centre
  • Vauxhall Corsa used as a lethal weapon to knock them over 'like skittles'
  • Aqab Hussain, 21, today convicted of four counts of attempted murder
  • Eyewitness Corey Gordon compared it to a scene from computer game
  • Revenge attack followed fight between groups outside lap dancing club
By MARK DUELL PUBLISHED: 17:07 GMT, 2 October 2013 | UPDATED: 17:09 GMT, 2 October 2013

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Guilty: Aqab Hussain (pictured today) went straight into the victims, who were hurled through the air, before the vehicle sped off and left them for dead


Three pedestrians were struck by a car in a deliberate Grand Theft Auto-style revenge attack, a shocking video revealed today. The friends - one of them partially blind - were crossing the road after a night out in Manchester city centre when the Vauxhall Corsa was used as a lethal weapon to knock them over ‘like skittles’.Aqab Hussain, 21 - who was today convicted of four counts of attempted murder - drove straight into the victims, who were hurled through the air, before he sped off and left them for dead.Eyewitness Corey Gordon, 26, who watched the attack from inside his car, later compared it to a sequence from the violent computer game series in which users play the role of car thieves. He said: ‘It was like ten pin bowling where you hit the skittles and they go up in the air. I can only describe it as unreal - a computer game like Grand Theft Auto - as he swerved off line to hit the men. It knocked one of the men at least 7ft into the air.’

Hussain even wobbled his vehicle so he could shake off one of the men who was still on the bonnet, Manchester Crown Court was told.It left Michael Ward, 28, - who was already partially sighted - with skull fractures. He spent 20 days in intensive care after emergency brain surgery and is now paralysed on his right side.The incident occurred after father-of-three Mr Ward, of Bolton, and his friends had gone to the Silks lap dancing club in Manchester city centre, just after midnight on August 21 last year.Five minutes after the party arrived at the club, a group of five men, including Hussain, also entered and bought a Grey Goose vodka bottle from the club for £100 to celebrate the Eid festival.

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Approach: The friends - one of them partially blind - were crossing the road after a night out in Manchester

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Deliberate attack: The Vauxhall Corsa was used as a lethal weapon to knock over the three men 'like skittles'


When the club closed at 2.15am there was a fight in which a cap was taken from one of Hussain’s friends during horseplay but was handed back.A further row erupted outside during which one of the Hussain’s group was heard saying ‘watch, you just watch yourself’.Minutes later Hussain’s silver Corsa emerged from a side road, turning the wrong way then sped up to 40mph as it mowed down Mr Ward and his three friends as they crossed the road.

One stepped back on to the pavement in time and was uninjured, but the other three men were hit by the car. Martin Harris suffered minor injuries and Paul Hulme had a broken leg which needed surgery to insert a metal rod.Mr Ward was carried on the bonnet of the Corsa for several feet as the driver swerved to throw him into the road.He is now unable to use his right hand and she said his cognitive functions including speech had been seriously affected and would leave him dependant on others.

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Mowed down: Hussain's silver Corsa emerged from a side road, turning the wrong way then sped up to 40mph


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Awful: Mr Ward was carried on the bonnet for several feet as the driver swerved to throw him into the road


Ian Metcalfe, prosecuting, said: ‘What other intention could the defendant he have had in driving the way he did other than attempting to murder those who he drove into.

'It was like ten pin bowling where you hit the skittles and they go up in the air. It knocked one of the men at least 7ft into the air'

Corey Gordon, witness

‘The Corsa didn’t stop and the occupants made no attempt to stop or assist. Even at the point of impact with the young men, the driver did nothing to apply his brakes to swerve to avoid the collision - nothing at all to avoid the pedestrians crossing.‘That vehicle only starts to veer from side to side when it has one of the victims is on the bonnet and veers in an attempt to throw him off the bonnet.’‘The only sensible interpretation of the manner the Corsa was driven is the driver, no doubt inflamed by whatever had gone on a couple of minutes before intended to kill. He was deliberately using that vehicle as a lethal weapon.’Hussain, of Rusholme, Greater Manchester, was arrested on October 11 as he arrived back in Manchester on a flight from Pakistan.

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Leaving: Hussain had previous convictions for dangerous driving and failing to stop after an accident

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Likeness: An eyewitness compared the attack to a sequence from the violent computer game series Grand Theft Auto, in which users play the role of car thieves (file picture)

He denied driving the car and denied all charges. It emerged he had previous convictions for dangerous driving and failing to stop after an accident. He was remanded in custody to face sentence later.
Judge Robert Atherton told him: ‘There will be a substantial prison sentence.’

'I go and see Michael every day at the hospital and it is deeply upsetting to remember him how he was before the incident and to see how he is now'

Mayrose Ward, wife of victim Michael Ward

In a statement issued by police six months after the attack, Mr Ward’s wife Mayrose said: ‘The impact this has had on our lives has been truly devastating and our three children have been left with broken hearts.‘I go and see Michael every day at the hospital and it is deeply upsetting to remember him how he was before the incident and to see how he is now.Today Rachael Pavion, District Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West said: ‘Aqab Hussain used his car as a weapon, he sought revenge by driving at speed deliberately at the four men with a clear intention to kill.‘After he struck his victims, he drove from the scene and showed complete disregard for the harm he had caused.’

 
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