Driver laughed after hitting Good Samaritan - court
Chris Marriott was killed while out on a post-Christmas walk with his family
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The driver of a car that ran over and killed a father-of-two laughed after the collision, a murder trial jury was told.
Chris Marriott, 46, died in December when a car driven by Hassan Jhangur drove over him and several others as he helped a woman lying in a Sheffield street, the city's crown court heard.
Riasat Khan said he was knocked out when he was hit by the vehicle and when he came to, he could see Hassan Jhangur “smiling and smirking”.
Mr Jhangur denies the murder and manslaughter of Mr Marriott but admits causing his death by dangerous driving.
Prosecutors have described how, after the initial attack, the defendant got out of the car, on College Court in the city, and stabbed his brother-in-law, Hasan Khan.
Giving evidence earlier on Tuesday, Hasan Khan's father, Riasat Khan, told the jury he was the first person to be hit by the Seat Ibiza on 27 December in the Burngreave area.
“I don't know what happened after that," he added.
Hassan Jhangur is standing trial
The witness agreed that he hit the windscreen of the vehicle and ended up in the garden of a nearby house.
He said that, before losing consciousness for a short time, he noticed Mr Jhangur get out of the car and "was very angry" as he headed towards Mr Khan's family, who were stood in the street.
He told the jury that, after he came round, he saw Mr Jhanghur with a knife.
He said: "He was stood across the road laughing at my son."
He added: "He was smiling and smirking, like he was proud of what he had done."
The trial continues at Sheffield Crown Court
The jury was told how Hasan Khan married Amaani Jhangur that morning and trouble flared outside the Khans' family home later, after Amaani's sister, Nafeesa, and their mother, Ambreen, turned up.
At one point during the altercation, Nafeesa Jhangur fell to the floor and was noticed by Mr Marriott who was out for a post-Christmas walk with his wife and children.
The jury had heard how the Seat Ibiza first hit Riasat Khan before ploughing into Mr Marriott, Nafeesa Jhangur, Ambreen Jhangur and Alison Norris - an off-duty midwife who had also stopped to help.
Mr Jhangur, of Whiteways Road, Sheffield, has also admitted causing serious injury to Alison Norris, Ambreen Jhangur, Nafeesa Jhangur and Riasat Khan by dangerous driving.
He denies attempting to murder Hasan Khan and wounding him with intent.
The defendant has also pleaded not guilty to four charges of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Mr Jhangur appeared in the dock alongside his father, Mohammed Jhangur, 56, of Whiteways Road, Sheffield, who denies perverting the course of justice.
The charge relates to him allegedly concealing a knife.
The trial continues.
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