Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Drivers subjected to ‘grotesque level of violence’ by carjackers

A gang of carjackers caught on CCTV using a ‘grotesque level of violence’ to steal high performance motors have been jailed.


Sarweeth Rehman and Hussun Ashraf, both 22, were behind a string of violent robberies, targeting luxury cars worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. Some of the carjackings were captured on CCTV and showed them attacking terrified motorists with golf clubs, baseball bats and metal bars before speeding away.





Sarweeth Rehman and Hussun Ashraf during a BMW carjacking in Shirley, West Midlands, in September 2017. See SWNS story SWMDcarjack. Two bungling carjackers have been jailed after a cop chased one of them as he made his getaway in a tow truck ? with a top speed of just 20MPH. Sarweeth Rehman and Hussun Ashraf, both 22, were behind a string of violent robbers, targeting high-performance cars. Many of the thefts were captured on CCTV showing them attacking motorists with golf clubs, baseball bats and metal bars before speeding away. They were finally caught when an eagle-eyed off-duty police officer spotted Ashraf towing a BMW away at night and became suspicious. He followed the tow truck as it weaved its way along narrow side streets at just 20mph. Ashraf tried to flee on foot but were arrested and officers discovered they were responsible for a string of violent carjackings. The pair, both of Birmingham, admitted conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to steal motor vehicles and two counts of assault with intent to rob. Ashraf was jailed for six years four months while Rehman was sentenced to six years at Birmingham Crown Court today (23/10).

They were finally caught when police discovered an iPhone Ashraf had left in a car which linked him and Rehman to a string of thefts. They were also part of a four-strong gang who stole cars using a yellow tow truck in 2016.



Rehman and Ashraf, both of Birmingham, admitted conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to steal motor vehicles and two counts of assault with intent to rob. Ashraf was jailed for six years four months while Rehman was sentenced to six years at Birmingham Crown Court. They struck first on August 24 last year when Rehman demanded the driver of a BMW M4 hand over his keys in Baxters Green, Shirley, West Midlands.


The driver fled and hurled his keys into a garden before Rehman smashed up the car in a rage, causing £10,000 worth of damage. Later that day they stole a VW Golf Type R after dragging the woman driver from behind the wheel in Hathaway Road, Shirley.


 

They struck again on September 18 when they robbed a man of his Audi RS6 in Church Road, Moseley, Birmingham. Officers tracked the Audi less than an hour later to Harborne, Birmingham, and during a search of the car found an iPhone dropped by Ashraf. His home was raided by police who found another phone hidden in a wardrobe which had been used at the scene of three more carjackings.

Source: Metro.uk
Some of the carjackings were captured on CCTV and showed them attacking terrified motorists with golf clubs, baseball bats and metal bars before speeding away.

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