Bike theft gang jailed after rider assault and fatal accident
Violent assailants jailed for theft as fourth dies fleeing scene
‘The victim showed more concern’ JUDGE RICHARD BOND
Three men have been jailed for their involvement in the theft of a motorbike in June 2019. A fourth man was killed as he rode away on the victim’s machine and had a head-on collision with a car. Nirvair Lall, Inderjot Singh, Aaron Dhaliwal and the fourth man pushed their 31-year-old victim off his Honda CBR600 and assaulted him at Barr Beacon Park in Great Barr, north-west of Birmingham last summer. A 19-year-old man made off on the motorbike followed by the other three in a Ford Fiesta before the collision just up the road in Pheasey. After stopping briefly at the scene of the crash, the men were seen running back to the car and leaving.
Lall and Singh, both 21, later returned to the scene of the accident and were identified by witnesses. They were arrested along with Dhaliwal, 22, the registered keeper of the Fiesta.
At sentencing on Friday, March 12, 2021 Judge Richard Bond described Lall’s actions as ‘cold and heartless’ after he fled the scene ‘clearly knowing it was serious as someone was delivering CPR’.
“That was in stark contrast to the victim, who despite having been beaten and robbed, still asked a witness about the condition of the deceased. The victim showed more concern, than you did for your own friend,” the judge added.
Lall denied his involvement but was found guilty after a five-day crown court trial. He was jailed for three years and six months. Singh changed his plea to guilty at the start of the trial and was sentenced to three years and one month, and Dhaliwal, who pleaded guilty to the offence, received two years and four months.
Detective Sergeant Kerry Haywood told MCN: “This was a tragic outcome for a young man to lose his life even though a crime had been committed. His friends not only have to serve a sentence, but have to live with the circumstances of his death.”