A teenager was driving at more than twice the speed limit when he knocked down and killed a young boy who was leaving a mosque with his father, a court heard.
Shahzaib Hussain, 11, was struck by a Mercedes A-Class with Henry Barker, then 19, at the wheel in Ashton-under-Lyne. Barker had been travelling along the narrow back street at more than 40mph and fled from the scene after the collision.
Schoolboy Shahzaib had been attending afternoon prayers at the Hamza Mosque on Mowbray Street with his father Javid Hussain and his uncle when he was involved in the crash on Moss Street West.
