Driver pleads guilty

Auckland: A man who drove drunk and ran a red light, killing a taxi driver in central Auckland just days before Christmas in 2017, has pleaded guilty.

Farshad Bahadori Esfehani was behind the wheel of a Mercedes when he ran a red light in Symonds St early on December 23.

The 22yearold smashed into the side of the Toyota Prius Abdul Raheem Fahad Syed was driving, killing the young father who had only recently moved to New Zealand for a better life.

Esfehani will be sentenced on July 2. — RNZ