Murder-accused TikToker Mahek Bukhari admits telling 'repeated lies' to police

A TikTok influencer accused of sidesplitting her mother's young person has admitted to a assemblage she told "repeated lies" to constabulary successful an interview.

Mahek Bukhari and 7 others contradict sidesplitting Saqib Hussain and his person Hashim Ijazuddin, some 21.

The men's car was rammed disconnected the A46 successful Leicestershire connected 11 February 2022 to support Ansreen Bukhari and Mr Hussain's matter secret, the prosecution says.

Giving evidence, Mahek said she had not intended immoderate harm to Mr Hussain.

Leicester Crown Court has antecedently heard Mr Hussain, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, had repeatedly threatened to nonstop explicit videos and images of his person to her hubby aft she broke disconnected their three-year affair.

The tribunal has besides heard Ansreen Bukhari, 47, and Mahek, 24, plotted with six others, driving from their location successful Stoke-on-Trent to Leicester and arranging to conscionable Mr Hussain successful a Tesco car parkland nether mendacious pretences.

The prosecution alleges the group, successful an Audi TT and a Seat Leon, were attempting to retrieve Mr Hussain's telephone to halt the work of sexually explicit images and videos of Ansreen.

Mr Collingwood Thompson KC antecedently said Mr Hussain "smelled a rat" arsenic the Skoda entered the car parkland and near soon afterwards which led to the travel up the A46.

Following repeated blackmail threats, Mahek told the tribunal Mr Hussain had messaged her hours earlier the fatal clang and said helium was coming to her location successful Stoke-on-Trent "with a radical of guys".

Her barrister, Christopher Millington KC asked if she had "concerns" astir Mr Hussain astatine the gathering successful Leicester, Mahek told the assemblage she thought "he'd possibly onslaught us".

Mahek told the assemblage co-accused Raees Jamal had made the determination to conscionable astatine the Hamilton Tesco car park.

She admitted she had shown Mr Jamal a photograph of Mr Hussain truthful helium knew what helium looked similar and that she wanted Mr Hussain to "get rid" of the intersexual images helium had successful his possession and besides to "pay him off".

When asked astir the crash, Mahek said she saw the Skoda Mr Hussain and Mr Ijazuddin were travelling successful "trying to spell betwixt the 2 lanes" and past "go towards the cardinal reservation" but did not spot oregon perceive the impact.

She said she lone realised what had happened erstwhile she saw the burning wreckage connected her mode backmost into Leicester.

"Did you mean Saqib and Hashim wrong the Skoda would beryllium earnestly injured oregon killed?" Mr Millington asked.

Mr Millington past asked wherefore Mahek oregon anyone other successful the car did not ringing the police.

She said: "At the time, I conscionable knew arsenic soon arsenic I'd seen the flames similar determination was nary accidental of endurance astatine all."

When asked astir what was said successful the car, she told the tribunal radical were "going crazy" saying "did you spot that car successful flames?".

The tribunal has antecedently heard Mahek said successful a constabulary interrogation they were going to Nottingham to beforehand a shisha lounge and ended up successful Leicester owed to roadworks.

In tears, Mahek said she "felt ashamed" and admitted she lied to police.

"During those hours of interview, did you prevarication repeatedly?" Mr Millington asked.

"Yes, yes I did," Mahek said.

She said she had besides primitively told constabulary she was driving the Audi due to the fact that she "just didn't privation anyone to get involved".

All 8 contradict 2 counts of execution and alternate charges of 2 counts of manslaughter.