{"id":251610,"date":"2025-07-09T20:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/251610\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T20:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:03:14","slug":"man-guilty-of-murder-after-driving-into-good-samaritan-chris-marriott-following-wedding-brawl-in-sheffield-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/251610\/","title":{"rendered":"Man guilty of murder after driving into &#8216;Good Samaritan&#8217; Chris Marriott following wedding brawl in Sheffield | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man who killed a &#8220;Good Samaritan&#8221; by driving into the middle of a wedding brawl has been found guilty of murder.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Marriott, 46, was out for a post-Christmas walk when he was hit by Hassan Jhangur&#8217;s car and left trapped underneath.<\/p>\n<p>Jhangur used his Seat Ibiza as a weapon after a fight between two families at his sister&#8217;s wedding reception on 27 December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He first drove into the father of the Khan family, sending him over the bonnet, then crashed into a group of four people that included Mr Marriott.<\/p>\n<p>The devout Christian had stopped to help one of Jhangur&#8217;s sisters, who was lying in the road unconscious in the Burngreave area of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/sheffield-11437\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Off-duty midwife Alison Norris and Jhangur&#8217;s own mother and sister were also injured, Sheffield Crown Court was told.<\/p>\n<p>Jhangur, 25, stabbed his new brother-in-law Hasan Khan several times in the head and chest after getting out the car.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard Jhangur later told police: &#8220;That&#8217;s why you don&#8217;t mess with the Jhangurs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He denied the murder and manslaughter of Mr Marriott but pleaded guilty to death by dangerous driving.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/skynews-hassan-jhangur-sheffield_6961229.jpg\"   alt=\"Pic: Hassan Jhangur\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        The killer told police: &#8216;That&#8217;s why you don&#8217;t mess with the Jhangurs&#8217;. Pic: PA<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Jason Pitter KC told jurors that Jhangur was guilty of murder as he intended &#8220;at the very least to cause really serious harm&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said despite Jhangur targeting the Khan family, &#8220;the law says your intentions can be transferred from one person to another, even if he did not intend to hit that particular person&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The jury agreed and convicted him of murder by a majority of 10 to two.<\/p>\n<p>Jhangur was also found guilty of wounding his brother-in-law but cleared of his attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p>He was further convicted of four charges of GBH with intent to Alison Norris, Ambreen Jhangur, Nafeesa Jhangur and Riasat Khan.<\/p>\n<p>His father was found guilty of perverting the course of justice after hiding a knife.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/skynews-sheffield-car-crash_6406720.jpg\"   alt=\"Police officers at the scene at College Court, Burngreave, after a 46-year-old man died and several others were injured after a car hit a crowd of people during violence in Sheffield. A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and a 55-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder, South Yorkshire Police said. Picture date: Thursday December 28, 2023. See PA story POLICE Burngreave. Photo credit should read: Dave Higgens\/PA Wire\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        The incident happened in the Burngreave area of Sheffield. Pic: PA<\/p>\n<p>The court heard the chaos erupted following the wedding of Hasan Khan and Amaani Jhangur, which took place the same morning.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Pitter said tensions over location and timing had escalated to Amaani falling out with her mother and sisters &#8211; and none of her family, including the defendant, attended the wedding.<\/p>\n<p>But her mother, Ambreen Jhangur, and sister Nafeesa Jhangur later turned up at the Khan home, sparking a row in the street that descended into violence and left Ms Jhangur unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/skynews-jhangur-sheffield_6961238.jpg\"   alt=\"Police video still of Jhangur's arrest. Pic: PA\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Police video still of Jhangur&#8217;s arrest. Pic: PA<\/p>\n<p>The trial heard Mr Marriott, who was out on a family walk, went over to help while his wife and children returned home.<\/p>\n<p>Midwife Alison Norris &#8211; who was also out with her family &#8211; did the same thing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/dirty-work-the-fly-tippers-turning-trash-into-cash-13393553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The fly-tippers turning trash into cash<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/man-found-guilty-of-murdering-mother-of-six-while-she-walked-dog-13394544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man found guilty of murdering mother-of-six<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Hassan Jhangur travelled to the scene after hearing about his sister&#8217;s injuries &#8211; first driving at Hasan Khan&#8217;s father, Riasat Khan, as he was in the road making a 999 call.<\/p>\n<p>He then hit the other four before coming to a stop in a nearby garden.<\/p>\n<p>Jhangur left the vehicle with the engine still running and stabbed Hasan Khan multiple times to the left side of his head and chest.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard Mr Marriott was wedged under the car and showed no signs of life when emergency services tried to reach him.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Mr Justice Morris told Jhangur &#8211; who was convicted of murder following a retrial &#8211; that he faced a life sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Marriott&#8217;s widow, Bryony Marriott, was in court for the verdict and the judge praised her and others in the public gallery for the &#8220;quiet dignity and courtesy you have shown throughout the trial&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Jhangur&#8217;s sentencing date is still to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man who killed a &#8220;Good Samaritan&#8221; by driving into the middle of a wedding brawl has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-251610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114825068882957624","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}