Killer driver who mowed student down in 101mph street race is back behind bars

A killer driver freed early from prison after mowing down a student in a 101mph street race is back behind bars for a string of motoring offences.

Rebecca McManus, 21, was at a bus stop on her way to a hen party when Sukvinder Mannan ploughed into her while racing his car “like a scene from The Fast and The Furious.”

Her childhood friend Harriet Barnsley spent three months in a coma after the horror crash in Bearwood, Birmingham, on May 31, 2014.

Mannan was racing at 101mph along a 40mph limit street when he lost control of his powerful Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution.

During his trial, the court heard Mannan used the road as a “private race track”.

Sales rep Mannan also failed a drink-drive test after the crash and smelled of alcohol but later refused to take a second test.

He admitted causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury and was jailed for eight years and banned from driving for ten years.

Mannan was released in 2019 after serving half his sentence but he is now back behind bars for more driving offences.

Police caught the 42-year-old behind the wheel on February 15 this year.

Officers from the Central Motorway Police Group followed Mannan’s Mercedes on Rubery Lane, Rubery, and watched as he went through a red light.

He was pulled over and he admitted breaking the driving ban – which is in place until February 23 next year – in order to travel for work.

Mannan pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified, having no insurance and driving through a red light.

He was jailed for 12 weeks and banned for a further 770 days when he appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court on February 16.

Investigating officer PC Jason Berry said: “Mannan showed total disregard for the order from the court which banned him from driving for ten years.

“He now faces more time behind bars and I hope he uses this time to reflect on his actions.”

After her death, Rebecca’s parents criticised the car manufacturing industry for creating powerful vehicles that can hit speeds of over 100mph.

In a family statement, they added: “Our lives are empty without her and we are sentenced to a lifetime of pain and grief.

“The constant marketing of performance cars in terms of speed and thrills with no acknowledgement to road safety or the Road Traffic Act is despicable.

“Performance cars have no place on the road.”