Motorist imprisoned after motorcyclist dies

VAN driver Mohammed Mumtaz has been jailed after he overtook a car on a 'notorious' stretch of road and collided with a motorcyclist killing the rider.

Mumtaz, 36, of Mendip Way, Downley, High Wycombe, was jailed for nine months at Aylesbury crown court on Friday after he pleaded guilty to causing death by driving.

The court heard that Mumtaz killed 37-year-old motorcyclist Andrew Freeman in a head on crash on February 25 by driving his Ford Fiesta van dangerously on the A4010 Wycombe Road.

Paul Reid, prosecuting, said at about 10.30pm, Mr Freeman, of Station Road, Princes Risborough, was on his Kawasaki 750cc motorbike with his girlfriend Alison Sly travelling towards Princes Risborough.

Mr Reid said: 'It was dark and the road was unlit. It is a winding road and there are few safe overtaking opportunities and much of the road is subject to central white lines. The accident happened at a point where Mumtaz had travelled for some 90 metres on the wrong side of the solid white line and he collided with the motorcycle.'

He added that the passengers in the car Mumtaz overtook were horrified when the van did not pull in front of them after completing the overtaking manoeuvre.

Mr Reid told the court that when Mumtaz was arrested in March, he had told the police he was under pressure at work and was in a hurry to get to High Wycombe, to his job as a security officer.

Mumtaz had no previous convictions and Christopher Blake said in mitigation that Mumtaz had real remorse. He said: 'It must have been an isolated incident. There was no question of alcohol, drugs or racing or any evidence that it was a prolonged, persistent course of driving.'

Mr Blake added: 'It is something that is living with him on a daily basis and will for years to come.'

Judge Christopher Tyrer said when passing sentence: 'When you overtook, you did so in defiance of a white line that told you not to and you overtook because the car in front of you, you believed was going to slowly and Mr Freeman paid the price of your impatience with his life.

During the Judge's sentencing remarks, Mumtaz sobbed and cried out 'I am so sorry'. He was also banned from driving for two years and ordered to retake an extended driving test.

Motorist imprisoned after motorcyclist dies

VAN driver Mohammed Mumtaz has been jailed after he overtook a car on a 'notorious' stretch of road and collided with a motorcyclist killing the rider.

Mumtaz, 36, of Mendip Way, Downley, High Wycombe, was jailed for nine months at Aylesbury crown court on Friday after he pleaded guilty to causing death by driving.

The court heard that Mumtaz killed 37-year-old motorcyclist Andrew Freeman in a head on crash on February 25 by driving his Ford Fiesta van dangerously on the A4010 Wycombe Road.

Paul Reid, prosecuting, said at about 10.30pm, Mr Freeman, of Station Road, Princes Risborough, was on his Kawasaki 750cc motorbike with his girlfriend Alison Sly travelling towards Princes Risborough.

Mr Reid said: 'It was dark and the road was unlit. It is a winding road and there are few safe overtaking opportunities and much of the road is subject to central white lines. The accident happened at a point where Mumtaz had travelled for some 90 metres on the wrong side of the solid white line and he collided with the motorcycle.'

He added that the passengers in the car Mumtaz overtook were horrified when the van did not pull in front of them after completing the overtaking manoeuvre.

Mr Reid told the court that when Mumtaz was arrested in March, he had told the police he was under pressure at work and was in a hurry to get to High Wycombe, to his job as a security officer.

Mumtaz had no previous convictions and Christopher Blake said in mitigation that Mumtaz had real remorse. He said: 'It must have been an isolated incident. There was no question of alcohol, drugs or racing or any evidence that it was a prolonged, persistent course of driving.'

Mr Blake added: 'It is something that is living with him on a daily basis and will for years to come.'

Judge Christopher Tyrer said when passing sentence: 'When you overtook, you did so in defiance of a white line that told you not to and you overtook because the car in front of you, you believed was going to slowly and Mr Freeman paid the price of your impatience with his life.

During the Judge's sentencing remarks, Mumtaz sobbed and cried out 'I am so sorry'. He was also banned from driving for two years and ordered to retake an extended driving test.