Ex-prisoner number XP5810 Nazir Ahmed was involved in an accident which left a man dead on the M1 near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, on Christmas Day 2007.
At the time, date and place stated, Lord Ahmed was driving dangerously.
That is, he was texting or receiving a text and reading it, immediately prior to, or at the time of impact.
Being part of the Establishment, the Establishment sought to protect Lord Ahmed from full responsibility for his conduct, and a cover up began to emerge.
To begin with, Lord Ahmed was not charged with the more serious offence of causing death by dangerous driving. Even though he was involved in an accident which left a man dead. Rather, he was only charged with the lesser offence of dangerous driving. As though no death had occurred, and that Lord Ahmed was in some way not legally responsible for causing the death of Martyn Gombar.
It is being claimed that Lord Ahmed was travelling at about 60mph in his Jaguar, in the outside lane of the M1, and that the texting activity ceased 2 minutes before he crashed into Martyn Gombar's already crashed Audi and killing the other driver. It is claimed that Martyn Gombar had been drink driving, however, it has not been suggested that he was over the drink drive limit. It has already been established that Martyn Gombar had crashed his car into the central reservation, and that he survived the collision and had stood on the hard shoulder. However, he then returned to the crashed Audi to retrieve his mobile phone. This is when Lord Ahmed ploughed into both the Audi and Martyn Gombar.
It is claimed that it was dark. However, unless Lord Ahmed was driving without the benefit of headlights this fact is no excuse. Because if Lord Ahmed had been watching the road ahead, he would have been able to see the crashed car in his headlights and take the necessary avoiding action. But, it appears that he did not see the crashed car ahead for some reason. And, it follows that he must have been distracted at the time. Therefore, Lord Ahmed's eyes were not on the road ahead but were instead averted down to the screen on his mobile phone. It wasn't that dark that he could not see this, and a Audi is a lot bigger than a mobile phone.
If, as it is being claimed that, the texting activity ceased 2 minutes before the crash, that's 2 minutes which is time enough to see the crashed car ahead and take avoiding action. Therefore, it would appear that the 2 minute time gap is just a failed excuse. To put it more bluntly, it is a lie.
If the about 60mph claim is to be believed, then Lord Ahmed was travelling at below the legal speed limit and had time to not only see but also take avoiding action. It is submitted that Lord Ahmed must have been driving at least 30mph over the maximum speed limit of 70mph, that is, 100mph. If this is the case, then the 2 minute time gap is much reduced. It takes less time to cover the same distance at 100mph than it does at 60mph. Therefore, not only was Lord Ahmed texting and receiving texts at the relevant time he was also driving in excess of the legal speed limit.
What appears to be conveniently being forgotten by the powers that be, is that Lord Ahmed should not have been travelling in the outside lane at the time he crashed into Martyn Gombar killing him. As he was not overtaking any other vehicle, he should have been driving in the near side lane. And had he done so, he would not have killed Martyn Gombar.
The Court of Appeal, rather than releasing Lord Ahmed should have increased his sentence. In truth, there were no exceptional reasons for ordering Lord Ahmed's release. The claim that the sentence would harm Lord Ahmed's reputation because he could not engage in good work for the community, beggars belief. He was due to be released within 7 days in any event. Perhaps, the Establishment is providing us with a bit of comic relief?
