'You chose to drive a powerful car at grossly excessive speeds in a state of euphoria having taken nitrous oxide.'
A mum high on nitrous oxide killed her passenger after crashing into a wall at a roundabout at speed. Nasrin Saleh, 26, was sentenced today after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to causing the death of Luqman Mehboob by dangerous driving on October 10, 2021.
They then got onto the motorway to return to Liverpool. It was at this point that Mr Begum realised that Mr Mehboob and Saleh were both using nitrous oxide canisters. Shortly before 4.45am, a witness was driving along East Prescot Road at the 40mph speed limit. He saw the Volkswagen overtake him at high speed, which he estimated to be above 80mph.
Footage taken from the nearby Aldi's CCTV camera showed the car braking around 80m from the roundabout, but the 103mph speed would have required a 252m stopping distance. Saleh, of Colville Street, Wavertree, did hold a driving licence, but neither she nor Mr Mehboob were insured to drive the Volkswagen. Traces of drugs administered for medical purposes and a slight trace of alcohol were found in Saleh's blood sample.
In mitigation, Fuad Arshad said that Saleh "fully accepted that it was her actions and her actions alone that resulted in the death of Mr Mehboob." He added that his client acknowledged that she drove at excessive speed and that her driving "caused a substantial risk of danger to other road users".
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