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The Daily Mail reported Humaira Batool was jailed for 10 years for the M62 crash that killed Mohammed Shaan Hussain.
The Daily Mail, the BBC, The Yorkshire Post, the Bradford Telegraph and Argus, and West Yorkshire Police reported that on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, Leeds Crown Court jailed Humaira Batool, 26, for 10 years for causing the death of Mohammed Shaan Hussain, 20, by dangerous driving. She had not come to court on Monday. The BBC says the driving disqualification is 10 years. The Mail says five years upon release. The Telegraph and Argus says five years with a further five-year extension.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·

Ten years in prison is the term those pages report. A ban of 10 years, a ban of five years upon release, and a ban of five years plus a five-year extension are not the same order. Judge Ray Singh, in the BBC, the Mail, and The Yorkshire Post, and His Honour Judge Rachim Singh, in the Telegraph and Argus, are not the same name. Monday's missed hearing is not the sentence. The sentence is Tuesday's. Up to 140mph, in the BBC, and up to 143mph, in the other four, are not the same speed. Eight seconds after she took the wheel, in the BBC, and many miles of dangerous driving, in the Mail's account of the judge, are not the same distance.
The Daily Mail, in a story by Glen Keogh published at 11:18 a.m. EDT on November 3, 2026, and updated at 1:07 p.m. EDT, reported Humaira Batool, 26, was jailed for ten years at Leeds Crown Court after a Lamborghini crash that killed her friend Mohammed Shaan Hussain, 20. The BBC, in a story by Grace Wood datelined Leeds Crown Court at 16:56 GMT the same day, reported the same 10-year prison term. The page also said it had been updated 46 minutes ago. That line is not a clock. The Yorkshire Post, by Katie Dickinson of the Press Association, published at 16:54 GMT, reported the same 10 years. The Bradford Telegraph and Argus, by Tony Earnshaw, reported Judge Singh handed her a ten-year prison sentence today. West Yorkshire Police, in a release dated Tuesday 3 November 2026, reported she was sentenced to 10 years at Leeds Crown Court today for causing the death by dangerous driving of Mohammed Shaan Hussain. The Mail calls her a beautician of Bradford. The police release and The Yorkshire Post say the Bankfoot area of Bradford. The Telegraph and Argus says Smiddles Lane, Bankfoot, Bradford. The BBC says from Bradford. The Telegraph and Argus also says she was 22 at the time of the crash and is now 26. The other pages print 26 and do not print 22. The BBC reported she was disqualified from driving for 10 years and must pass an extended driving test. The Mail reported she was banned from driving for five years upon her release and must take an extended driving test. The Telegraph and Argus reported she was banned for five years with a further five-year extension. Ten years, five years upon release, and five years plus a five-year extension are not the same ban. The Mail and the BBC spell the sentencing judge Ray Singh. The Yorkshire Post spells him Judge Ray Singh. The Telegraph and Argus says the warrant was issued by His Honour Judge Rachim Singh, and then calls the sentencing judge Judge Singh. Ray and Rachim are not the same name.
The police release reported that during the September trial the court heard she reached speeds of up to 143mph while taking a turn at the wheel of a hired Lamborghini Urus in the early hours of 21 December 2022. It reported the vehicle went out of control in wet weather at about 4.20am between junctions 22 and 23 of the M62, westbound, near Ripponden, hit a barrier, flipped, and ignited. The Yorkshire Post reported up to 143mph in pitch-black, wet conditions in the early hours of December 21, 2022, and that she lost control, hit a barrier, and the car flipped and ignited. The Telegraph and Argus reported speeds of up to 143mph, and that shortly before the crash the car had been travelling at 127mph. It reported that seconds after the car passed Scott Hall Farm, which it calls the house in the middle of the motorway, it smashed into a barrier. It reported Hussain had picked her up from her home at about 4am. The BBC reported speeds of up to 140mph, and that the car crashed off the carriageway within eight seconds of Batool taking the wheel. Up to 140mph and up to 143mph are not the same figure. Eight seconds and the Mail's account of many miles are not the same distance. The Mail's lead says 143mph. It reported the crash was at about 4.20am on December 21, 2022, on the M62 near Ripponden, and that the rented Urus was worth £220,000. The BBC says the supercar was worth £200,000. The Mail reported she first told investigators she had been asleep in the passenger seat, then changed that account when CCTV showed her getting out of the passenger seat at traffic lights and switching with Hussain. It reported she then claimed the car reached more than 140mph because he was reaching over and tampering with the controls, and that a Lamborghini expert said those speeds could only be reached with the driver's right foot. The BBC reported she tried to blame him for reaching over and touching something, causing the car to surge, and that the jury rejected that. The Telegraph and Argus reported video showed her leaving the passenger seat at traffic lights in Bradford. It reported the court was told she kept "entirely shtum" about the change of driver until confronted with that video. The BBC and the Telegraph and Argus reported Hussain had hired the car and was going to HMP Leeds with her to collect a friend. The Mail reported Judge Singh described a prolonged course of dangerous driving over a substantial distance, many miles, and conscious decisions to keep driving at wholly excessive speeds.
The Mail reported she was due to be sentenced on Monday and did not come, claiming a flare-up of endometriosis had sent her to A&E. It reported prosecutor Christopher Dunn said this was "clearly a ruse" and that she was trying to "avoid justice." It reported the judge agreed, issued a warrant, and that police apprehended her at Bradford Royal Infirmary, drove her to court, and that she was remanded in custody overnight. It reported that when she was brought in on Monday the judge called her non-attendance "unforgiveable." Unforgiveable is the spelling on that page. It reported that while the judge considered bail overnight, Dunn said he had found social media photographs of her in high heels and a ball gown in the weeks before the trial, and that she had used crutches at earlier hearings while claiming she could not walk unaided. It reported Dunn said he did not want the judge misled. It reported that on Tuesday she came into the dock on crutches, in a winter coat, with her hair in a bun, and showed no emotion as the term was imposed. The BBC reported the Monday absence, the barrister's account of A&E and endometriosis, Dunn's "clearly a ruse," and a bench warrant. It does not name the hospital or an overnight remand. The Yorkshire Post reported the Monday absence, the endometriosis account, that Dunn called it "clearly a ruse" and said she had made several attempts to "thwart the prosecution," and that the judge said she was "avoiding being dealt with" and that she was arrested and brought from the hospital. It does not name Bradford Royal Infirmary. The Telegraph and Argus reported she had been admitted to hospital after what was described as a flare-up, that Dunn called it "clearly a ruse," and that Rachim Singh issued the warrant. The police release does not describe the missed Monday. The Yorkshire Post reported mitigation from Richard Dawson that her own injuries had worsened existing mental-health difficulties, leaving flashbacks, panic attacks, and anxiety, and that he said she was "clearly and profoundly distressed" and "cannot bear that she is responsible for the death of another person, let alone a close friend." The Mail reported Dawson said she was "still grieving" and had been left with "life-changing injuries and was extremely fortunate to survive." Those are two accounts of the mitigation. The BBC reported she suffered burns to around 10% of her body and a shattered tibia. The Mail reported burns to around 10 per cent and a shattered tibia. The police release and The Yorkshire Post reported she was charged in January 2024. The BBC, The Yorkshire Post, the Telegraph and Argus, and the police release put the guilty verdict in September. The Mail says she was found guilty following the trial and does not print the month.
The BBC reported the judge said Hussain died because Batool decided to drive the "powerful performance vehicle" at "eye-watering extreme speeds on a damp motorway in darkness," and that "This was not a momentary lapse of concentration." It reported he said the jury and he rejected mechanical failure, aquaplaning, and the claim that Shaan tampered with the controls, and that "The sole cause of this collision was the manner of your driving." The Yorkshire Post reported the same rejection and the same sole-cause line, and reported he told her, "You needed no encouragement to take up that challenge." The Mail reported he said she tried to pin the blame on Hussain "knowing he was unable to speak on his own behalf," and that in police interviews she tried to mislead officers into believing Shaan was the driver after being shown the CCTV. It reported he called those "deliberate falsehoods advanced at the expense of a deceased man who was unable to respond." The BBC reported a victim statement from Hussain's mother, Nasreen Akhtar. The Mail uses that name as well. The police release and the Telegraph and Argus call her Nasreen and do not print Akhtar. The Yorkshire Post calls her Mr Hussain's mother and does not print a first name. The Mail reported she said, "No parent should have to fight for the honour of their child while still weeping for him." The Yorkshire Post reported the statement said the attempt to make him "seem responsible for his own death" had "prolonged our agony a thousand times," and, "No parent should have to fight for the honour of their child." Weeping for him, on the Mail, is not in that Yorkshire Post sentence. The BBC reported his brother Mohammed Souhail Hussain said, "Shaan was our older brother then. His is our older brother today and he will always be our older brother." The police release spells the brother Mohammed Sohail. Souhail and Sohail are not the same spelling. The police release quoted Detective Inspector Paul Conroy of the Major Collision Enquiry Team welcoming the sentence. The Telegraph and Argus introduces a Conroy statement that welcomes the sentencing with the words "Speaking after the verdict." After the verdict and at the sentencing are not the same moment. The Mail reported the court heard that her licence had previously been revoked after a conviction for driving without insurance, that she later passed another test, and that she was advised against it because of a history of black-outs. The other pages fetched here do not print that licence history. The 10-year prison term is the sentence imposed after the September guilty verdict. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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