‘Crash man sent threats to TikTok star’s mother’
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A MAN killed in a car crash had sent threatening messages to his ex-girlfriend – one of the eight people accused of killing him, a murder trial has heard.
Saqib Hussain died alongside his friend, Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, on the A46 in February last year.
In the days before the crash, he sent messages to Ansreen Bukhari, an older married woman with whom he had been having an affair since he was 18, Leicester Crown Court heard.
The jury has previously heard the pair had been in a three-year relationship and Mr Hussain was upset Ansreen had ended the affair.
He sent numerous messages begging her to call him and threatening to go to her home in Stoke, where she lived with her husband, son and daughter, TikTok and Instagram influencer Mahek Bukhari, the court was told.
It is alleged the two women, along with six co-defendants, tried to ambush Mr Hussain outside a Leicester Tesco before chasing them up the A46 and ramming them off the road.
In the days before the crash, Mr Hussain said in messages to Ansreen
that he wanted £3,000 to compensate him for the money he had spent on her during their affair.
He said once he had the money, he would go away for six months to Pakistan, the jury heard.
In his negotiations with both Ansreen and her daughter, he threatened to put explicit pictures of Ansreen on the internet, the court was told.
On February 8, three days before the fatal crash, the court was told, Mr Hussain sent a message to Ansreen, that said: “Outside, I’m getting
dropped off. Ring me.” Another said: “You taking me for a **** head? Not for long. Half twelve be outside, I’m en route.”
The jury heard that another said: “You’re making me message him. Just ring me now. I’m on my way on motorway.” A further message added: “Both of you come outside. My mates are with me.”
He said in a message to Mahek that Ansreen and Mahek were “really pushing (his) limits”, the court heard.
It was added that in further messages, Mr Hussain threatened to send Ansreen’s husband and son pictures or videos of them together during their affair.
The jury was told that one string of messages read: “Your son’s gonna see them videos now of us in the hotel okay? Don’t make me **** everything up.
“Don’t say I didn’t tell you. I’m giving you a last chance. I’m send now. Your son’s going to see them videos and pics.”
Another said: “Are you going to call or shall I make your husband mad?”
The court heard that he added in a message to Mahek: “One click of my fingers I could ruin her marriage.”
It was alleged that one response from Mahek to Mr Hussain read: “I’m sorry but this year you’ll be gone, Saqib,” while another said: “Carry on speaking to her now, you’ll see movements soon.”
The jury also heard numerous alleged messages between Mahek and Ansreen as they discussed how to deal with Mr Hussain.
Mahek told Ansreen in one of them: “I’ll soon get him jumped by guys. Leave it to me. He tries to scare you.”
The threatening messages from Mr Hussain continued until the evening he made plans to travel to Leicester to collect his money, the jury heard.
He arrived at Tesco in Hamilton, Leicester, with Mr Ijazuddin driving, where the eight defendants were waiting, the court heard.
The two men then fled, with Mr Hussain making a desperate 999 call to police that ended with him screaming before the call cuts off.