Brothers admit stealing car and killing father-of-three, baby son and two family friends in horror crash during police chase

Adnan Ashraf Jarral died alongside 16-month-old son Usman

Tuesday 11th December 2018 08:49 EST
 

A teenager has admitted killing a father of three, 35, his baby son and two family friends in a horror crash while being pursued by police. 

Elliott Bower, 18, was driving a VW Golf which crashed into a VW Touran as it was being pursued by police in Sheffield last month.

Adnan Ashraf Jarral, 35, died along with his son Muhammed Usman Bin Adnan, who was just 16-months-old, and a married couple - Vlasta Dunova, 41, and Miroslav Duna, 50.

Bower pleaded guilty to four counts of causing death by dangerous driving and other offences at Sheffield Crown Court on Monday.

He appeared alongside his brother Declan Bower, 23, and a 17-year-old boy, who each pleaded guilty to offences including aggravated vehicle taking. 

All three defendants will be sentenced on January 28.

Mr Jarral was about to drop the Duna family off at their home from a day trip to London when the Golf collided with them while overtaking a bus – catapulting their people carrier into parked cars. 

Vlasta and Miroslav's daughter Nikola Dunova, 22 and her three-year-old daughter, Livia Matova, were seriously injured along with Mr Jarral's wife.

The Bower brothers stood in the dock in a packed court each handcuffed to a security guard. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named, stood using crutches.

All three defendants will be sentenced on January 28.

It was confirmed that the VW Golf driven by Bower was being pursued by officers at the time of the collision.


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