142mph killer driver faces sentence review

THE Attorney General has been asked to review the sentence of a motorist who sped through a red light and killed another driver after he boasted about clocking 142mph on a motorway trip to Leeds.

By The Newsroom Friday, 29th May 2015, 3:42 pm

Addil Haroon

A number of complaints have been received about the six-year term given yesterday to Addil Haroon at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.

Haroon, 19, took a photograph of the speedometer while racing on the M62 motorway and sent it in a Snapchat message to a friend which read: “Leeds to Rochdale 11mins catch me.”

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In the early hours of the next day, November 9 last year, Haroon drove his Audi A6 hire car through a red light in Bury Road, Rochdale, at more than 80mph and collided with an Audi A5 driven by 25-year-old Joseph Brown-Lartey.

The scene of an accident, as Addil Haroon, 19, was jailed for six years

Mr Brown-Lartey was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident at the junction of Sandy Lane.

The impact of the crash was so severe that Mr Brown-Lartey’s vehicle was split in two and police said experienced traffic officers described it as the worst accident scene they had dealt with.

Today, a spokeswoman for the Attorney General’s Office said:” We have been asked to consider whether Addil Haroon’s sentence is unreasonably low, under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.

“The Attorney or Solicitor General will make a decision by June 25 2015 as to whether the case should be referred to the Court of Appeal”.

A picture taken by Addil Haroon

Haroon, of Essex Street, Rochdale, had pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and driving without a licence or insurance.