CAR ‘SHOWED NO SIGN OF A CRASH’, TRIAL JURY IS TOLD
Influencer Mahek had leased Audi TT
A CAR that was on loan to Tiktok star Mahek Bukhari has ‘no record of a collision’ that led to the deaths of two men, a jury heard.
The 23-year-old Stoke-on-trent social media influencer is on trial alongside seven others - including her mum Ansreen - over the murder of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin.
Leicester Crown Court heard the details during Thursday’s evidence which looked into the events of Friday, February 11, when a Skoda Fabia driven by Mr Hussain and Mr Ijazuddin crashed into the central reservation on the A46 near Leicester, before hitting a tree and breaking in two.
It had been alleged that a car containing the mother and daughter from George Eardley Close in Tunstall, was involved in the collision.
Alan Taylor, who works for a company which leased the Audi TT to Mahek Bukhari, said in a statement there was no evidence of a crash in data from the car. Mr Taylor added: “I’m employed by a company called AX as a senior asset protection advisor. It owns a large amount of motor vehicles, around 1,500 vehicles.
“They are usually prestige cars and provided like-for-like as courtesy cars. One is a grey Audi TT.
“From our records this was provided to Mahek Bukhari on December 30, 2021, this was due to her car being in an accident.
“This vehicle had a crash box which will tell me if it has been involved in a crash. The grey Audi does not appear to have any record of it being in a collision during the time it was leased to Mahek Bukhari.”
Mr Taylor said police contacted his company after Mr Hussain and Mr Ijazuddin’s deaths and asked for full tracking information of the Audi in the days prior to the crash.
Several maps showed a journey undertaken by the Audi between 11.30pm on Thursday, February 10 and 9.31am on February 11.
“Within our cars we have a crash box system installed, it was wired into the telematics system. It is usually correct,” Mr Taylor added.
“Sometimes we will get a notification if the vehicle has gone down a pothole or had the bonnet slammed shut. It is hit and miss.
“Sometimes we’ve had notifications when there hasn’t been a crash. I don’t find it will pick up if there was minor damage, it usually has to be a substantial crash, rendering the vehicle undriveable.”
Previously, Leicester Crown Court had been told how Mahek Bukhari’s mother, Ansreen, aged 45, had a threeyear affair with Mr Hussain who was 21.
It is thought he was attempting to blackmail the family into handing him £2,000 in a bid to prevent him exposing the affair, with prosecutors alleging that an ambush was then arranged.
Prosecutors said this plan was part of efforts to steal Mr Hussain’s phone to seize images, with a meeting arranged in Leicester.
However, Mr Hussan and Mr Ijazuddin, who was also 21, fled after realising it was a trap before they were #rammed off the road’ and died in the collision.
All eight defendants deny murder and an alternative count of manslaughter. The trial continues.