Rohail Jillani has been jailed
An arrogant speeding Mercedes driver killed a 17-year-old girl while he was 'showing off'. Rohail Jillani reached speeds of 98mph on the Mancunian Way in his Mercedes A180 while filming a Snapchat clip in one hand, and inhaling nitrous oxide balloons with the other.
The maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving has since increased from 14 years in prison to life. "I must make it clear that any sentence cannot in any way reflect the value of a human life, still less can it bring anybody back, nor can it alleviate any of the terrible suffering that your conduct has caused to a large number of people," the judge said.
"Both Nadia and Shafi were younger than you and they placed their safety in your hands." Prosecutors told how Jillani was driving on the Mancunian Way on January 10 last year at about 11.30pm when the crash occurred. The court heard how Jillani is a university graduate with no previous convictions, who comes from a 'decent' and 'highly respected family'. But the judge told him: "It is, however, apparent from the pre-sentence report that there is a degree of arrogance, selfishness and insensitivity about you still in the way you regard yourself, and in the tasteless way in which you have referred to Nadia online.
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