The shocking moment BMW was found torched on a residential street

The car was set on fire by Suaiel Haider to try and cover for his nephew

This was the shocking moment a BMW was found torched on a residential street.

Suaiel Haider set fire to the car in a bid to destroy evidence and cover up his nephew's involvement in a fatal car crash. Faizaan Haider had hit 34-year-old Gavin Andrews as he crossed the road.

Haider was driving at almost twice the speed limit and was under the influence of alcohol at the time, Minshull Street Crown Court heard. Greater Manchester Police released footage of events surrounding the horror crash after both Suaiel Haider and Faizaan Haider were both jailed.

Gavin, a dad-of-one, had enjoyed a game of snooker earlier that evening before heading for some food from a Chinese takeaway. After collecting his food and heading to a taxi bound for home, Haider crashed into him as he crossed the road.

The car was driven a short distance away and Suaiel Haider set fire to the interior of the vehicle in a bid to destroy evidence. A judge at Minshull Street Crown Court ruled that his actions had a ‘serious impact on the administration of justice’.

Tributes were paid to Gavin, who was described as ‘caring, funny, witty and clever’ by one of his siblings. While his mother Isabelle Kane said: “To lose a child is indescribable.”

Faizaan Haider, 25, was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving after a trial. He tried to claim that an ‘unidentified’ person had been driving. He was not insured to drive the BMW.

Suaiel Haider, 43, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice. Faizaan Haider was jailed for nine years and three months, while his uncle was locked up for four years and three months.

“When you were faced with the dreadful consequences of what your nephew did, you chose to set the interior of the car on fire in the hope of destroying evidence,” Judge Tina Landale told Suaiel Haider.

She said the pair had been convicted on ‘compelling’ evidence, following the fatal collision on November 9, 2021. Judge Landale said she was satisfied that Faizaan Haider had been ‘significantly impaired by alcohol’ at the time of the collision, after 9.30pm.

Both Faizaan Haider and his uncle had been drinking earlier that day after attending a wake. The judge said there was ‘something of a party atmosphere’ in the BMW, which also contained two other passengers in addition to Suaiel Haider. Faizaan Haider hit Gavin as he crossed Walmersley Road in Bury.

He was driving at 57mph in a 30mph zone, in a residential area. Haider didn’t stop the car and made no attempt to alert the emergency services.

Instead his uncle tried to cover up his nephew’s involvement in the crime by destroying evidence. After being convicted of causing death by dangerous driving, Faizaan Haider faced a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

The maximum sentence has since increased to life, but because the crash occurred before the change to the law, the judge was restricted in her sentencing powers. She reduced both defendant’s sentences by nine months to take account of a curfew which had not been electrically monitored, which they observed for about two years.

Suaiel Haider, of Langdale Mews, Bury, who the judge described as a ‘highly successful businessman’ who has employed staff, was ordered to pay prosecution costs of £5,256. Faizaan Haider, of Mosley Street, Bury, was banned from driving for seven years and seven months.