Driver who murdered ‘Good Samaritan’ when he ploughed car into crowd jailed
A driver who drove his car into the middle of a wedding row and killed a “Good Samaritan” before stabbing the groom has been jailed.
Sheffield Crown Court heard Hassan Jhangur, 25, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 26 years.
Jhangur hit five people with his Seat Ibiza when he arrived at his sister’s wedding ceremony during a fight between two families in the Burngreave area of Sheffield on December 27, 2023.
In the case, which was heard earlier this year, the bride’s brother, Jhangur, first hit the father of the rival Khan family, who was standing on the street, and threw him onto the hood of the vehicle.
It then hit a group of four people, including Mr Marriott, 46, who was on a post-Christmas walk with his family and stopped to help one of Jhangur’s sisters as she lay on the road.
Jurors heard that devout Christian Mr Marriott was killed and three others injured, including off-duty midwife Alison Norris and Jhangur’s mother and sister.
The defendant then got out of the vehicle and stabbed his new brother-in-law Hasan Han several times.
The court heard he later told officers at the police station: “So don’t mess with the Jhangurs.”
Jhangur, of Whiteways Road, Sheffield, was found guilty of murdering Mr Marriott in July.
He was cleared of the attempted murder of Hasan Khan, but was found guilty of wounding and found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Alison Norris, Ambreen Jhangur, Nafeesa Jhangur and Riasat Khan.
His father, Mohammed Jhangur, 57, of Whiteways Road, Sheffield, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice after concealing a knife.
Prosecutor Jason Pitter KC told the jury at the opening of the trial that Mr Marriott and Ms Norris’s “public spirit” had “unwittingly brought them into the middle of a family dispute that spilled onto the streets”.
While out for a walk with his family after Christmas, Mr Marriott saw Nafessa Jhangur lying on the road and decided to see if he could “by fate” help as his wife and children were returning home.
So did Ms. Norris, who went for a walk with her husband and children.
The court heard Jhangur was told his sister was injured and arrived at the scene in a Seat Ibiza, hitting Hasan Khan’s father Riasat Khan, who stood in the middle of the road and spoke to the 999 call operator.
The seat then hit a group of four people on the road – Nafeesa Jhangur, Ambreen Jhangur, Ms Norris and Mr Marriott – before coming to rest in a nearby front yard.
Mr Pitter said Jhangur got out of the car with the engine running and stabbed Hasan Khan multiple times in the left side of his head and chest with a knife he had taken with him.
