He should have told the police it was a terrorist attack – then he could have claimed “mental illness.”

StokeOnTrentLive:

Drugged-up driver Hassan Hussain has been jailed after knocking over and killing a man when travelling twice the speed limit.

Hussain, aged 26, was travelling along Horninglow Road in Burton shortly before 10.30pm on January 22 last year when his Audi A5 struck 33-year-old Martin Povolny.

Martin, from Burton, was on his way home at the time and, despite the best efforts from the emergency services and passers-by, was pronounced dead at the scene.

An investigation from the Staffordshire and West Midlands Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) found Hussain was travelling at 64mph – twice the legal limit of 30 – just seconds before the crash.

Having been struck by the car Martin was then dragged over 50 metres. Hussain drove off only to hand himself in an hour later.

Hussain, of of Branston Road, in Burton, has now been jailed for 52 months after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving during a hearing at Stafford Crown Court.

He has also been banned from driving for 62 months and ordered to take an extended retest.

A gang of baby-faced thugs – including one aged just 13 – have been banned from two Birmingham neighbourhoods for throwing rocks at terrified passersby.

The schoolboy yobs struck fear into the hearts of law-abiding residents in Washwood Heath and Bordesley Green and laughed at the law despite being arrested dozens of times.

They also hurled racial insults at community members, vandalised buses and verbally abused other passengers.

None of the thugs was older than 15 and the youngest – 13-year-old Sajeer Khan – looked younger still on a West Midlands Police mug shot.

Now Khan, his brother Kabir, 15, and Hamza Shafiq, 14, have all been hit with three-year anti-social behaviour orders banning them from parts of Washwood Heath and Bordesley Green.

Hassan Hussain, also 15, was banned from the same areas unless he was accompanied by his father.

All four were also specifically banned from launching missiles after they were repeatedly caught hurling rocks and stones at passersby.

The orders, which imposed overnight curfews on the Khans and Shafiq, were imposed after Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard the gang, who all live in Alum Rock, caused months of misery.

They were also said to have targeted other teenagers in street robberies for phones, cash and other valuables.

Police and council officials spent nine-months building a case against the gang and tried to offer warnings and acceptable behaviour contracts before the ASBOs were issued.

Insp Keith Wiseman, of West Midlands Police, said: “Early intervention and numerous previous arrests did not deter these four young men from carrying out their campaign of serious anti-social behaviour causing alarm and distress to the community.

“We are pleased the court issued orders against these four individuals, which will provide great relief to the local neighbourhood.”

The crackdown was also welcomed by Birmingham City Council’s safety boss, Coun James McKay.

“I congratulate the bravery of the local community who felt empowered to make a change and reclaim their neighbourhood,” he said.

“Criminal acts and anti-social behaviour should not have to be tolerated by decent people trying to live their lives in peace.

“We will continue to work to remove anti-social behaviour from our city.”