TikToker Mahek Bukhari's murder-accused mum 'didn't see' A46 crash

A pistillate accused of sidesplitting her young person said she did not spot him dice successful a crash, a tribunal heard.

Ansreen Bukhari, 47, her TikTok influencer girl Mahek and six 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 concealed an matter betwixt Ansreen and Mr Hussain, the prosecution says.

Giving evidence, she told the assemblage she had her "head down" during the chase.

Leicester Crown Court antecedently heard Mr Hussain, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, had been threatening 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 and her 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.

Opening the trial, authoritative Collingwood Thompson KC said a Skoda Fabia containing Mr Hussain and Mr Ijazuddin arrived successful the Hamilton Tesco car parkland but near soon aft arriving.

The Audi TT and the Seat Leon past went aft the Skoda.

Giving grounds for a 2nd day, Ansreen said she intended to "just speak" to Mr Hussain and had "no intention" to harm him.

Co-accused Mohammed Patel told constabulary that helium held up his telephone to Rekan Karwan, the Audi driver, truthful helium could talk to Raees Jamal, the Seat driver.

Mr Patel alleges Mr Jamal said to Mr Karwan that helium "might person to ram him", to which the Audi operator responded: "Ram him."

Ansreen, who was successful the Audi's rider seat, said the connection "ram" was not said successful the car.

On the pursuit and the clang itself, she said: "At that point, I conscionable had my caput down. I was stressed; I was upset."

She besides denied cognition of however the Seat Leon sustained damage.

The mother-of-two told the tribunal the Skoda Fabia was "swerving" whist driving connected the A46.

"I was reasoning successful my caput was that [the Skoda] mislaid control," she said.

Her barrister Patrick Upward KC asked astir footage seen antecedently by the assemblage of the defendants walking astir Leicester aft they parked successful Sutton Place.

Ansreen said determination was nary effort to travel up with what the prosecution accidental was a "cover story".

She told the court: "I was conscionable excessively upset, I was rather traumatised, I was conscionable shocked.

"There was implicit silence."

Ansreen besides told the assemblage she had an matter with a 2nd antheral and was "so ashamed and embarrassed".

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