The court heard Jhangur later told officers at the police station: “That’s why you don’t mess with the Jhangurs.” He had denied murder and manslaughter of Mr Marriott but pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
After 18 hours of deliberations on Wednesday, a jury found him guilty of the more serious offence of murder by a majority of 10 to two. He was cleared of attempting to murder Hasan Khan but found guilty of wounding and four charges of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Father concealed knife evidence
His father, Mohammed Jhangur, 57, of Whiteways Road, Sheffield, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice after he concealed a knife. Prosecutor Jason Pitter KC told the jury that Jhangur was guilty of murder because he intended “at the very least to cause really serious harm” when he used his car as a weapon.
He said that although Jhangur’s target may have been the Khan family, “the law says your intentions can be transferred from one person to another, even if he did not intend to hit that particular person”. The “public spirit” of Mr Marriott and Ms Norris “brought them unwittingly into the midst of a family dispute”.
Wedding dispute escalated to violence
The violence erupted in the Burngreave area of Sheffield on 27th December 2023, following a wedding between Amaani Jhangur and Hasan Khan that morning. An issue arose over the timing and location of the wedding, escalating to Amaani falling out with her own mother and sisters.
None of her family ultimately attended the wedding at the mosque. When Amaani was at the Khan family home in College Court later, her mother Ambreen Jhangur and sister Nafeesa Jhangur arrived, and an increasingly “unpleasant” argument in the street escalated into violence.
Emergency services found victim trapped
Nafeesa Jhangur was rendered unconscious during the fight. Mr Marriott, who was out with his family on a post-Christmas walk, saw her lying in the road and decided “fatefully” to see whether he could help, while his wife and children returned home.
Jhangur had been told about his sister being injured and arrived at the scene in a Seat Ibiza. The car hit a group of four people in the road before coming to a stop in a nearby front garden, with Mr Marriott wedged completely underneath and showing no signs of life when emergency services tipped the vehicle to reach him.
(PA/London) Note: This article has been edited with the help of Artificial Intelligence.