Driver tried to cover up crime before heading to a takeaway

Footage shown during an earlier hearing at Preston Crown Court showed Ashir Shahid continuing to drive at high speeds after striking Ms Joseph on the crossing, before stopping on Rushy Hey, Lostock Hall, where Shahid and his passenger, his 17-year-old brother Sam, got out of the vehicle.

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Here, less than 10 minutes after the crash, Sam removed the registration plate while his brother ran into a property on Greenfield Drive while removing his top.

His passenger followed him inside carrying the registration plate as the pair quickly began their attempted cover-up, which also involved draping a sheet over the damaged windscreen.

In the immediate aftermath, Ashir, 20, used his phone to search 'hit and run human' and 'rescue car' along with a flurry of calls.

Within two hours of the crash, the Toyota was removed on a recovery truck and Sam had returned home having breached the curfew for which he was wearing an ankle tag from a previous conviction for robbery.

Meanwhile, Ashir had been collected by a friend and remained not only unapologetic but joyful, the court heard, laughing and joking about what had happened.