Two men have been sentenced for their role in a fatal road traffic collision in Manchester that resulted in the death of Sylvester Abayomi in March 2026.
Uways Hussain, aged 20, was jailed for 11 years and eight months. His passenger, Usmon Mahmood, 23, received a sentence of 12 years and nine months behind bars. This case is one of the first in the UK where a passenger has been convicted of aiding and abetting causing death by dangerous driving.
Hussain and Mahmood spent the night racing around South Manchester, reaching speeds exceeding 100 mph on roads with a 30 mph speed limit. Mobile phone footage recovered by police showed them driving at speeds over 130 mph, running multiple red lights, and weaving through traffic, seriously endangering public safety.
Video evidence also captured the pair inhaling from balloons, believed to contain nitrous oxide, while Hussain drove at over 100 mph and Mahmood sat in the passenger seat. Their reckless use of drugs compounded the dangerous driving on that fatal night.
The tragic collision occurred at 4:36 am at the junction of Green End Road and Kingsway. Sylvester Abayomi, who was on his way to work, entered the junction on a green light when Hussain’s Volkswagen Golf ran a red light at extreme speed and struck him. Emergency services attended the scene promptly, but Sylvester suffered fatal injuries.
Police have praised the sentencing as a legal milestone. Mahmood’s conviction for aiding and abetting causing death by dangerous driving sets a significant precedent in UK road traffic law enforcement.
Originally published by UKNIP.
