Driver convicted over horror night outside nightclub

A MAN who ran down a student outside a Birmingham nightclub has been cleared of attempted murder but found guilty of an alternative offence.

- CARL JACKSON

Mohammed Suffi, 22, ploughed his “powerful” Mercedes into a crowd after a fight erupted at the Tunnel Club in the Jewellery Quarter on October 3 last year, during Fresher’s Week.

He inflicted “catastrophic injuries” on Caliston Calistus who was dragged along by the vehicle.

Five others were also injured.

Suffi, from Aston, took the damaged Mercedes to an industrial park in Old-bury before fleeing the country.

Following his arrest he admitted dangerous driving. After a trial at Birmingham Crown Court, he was found not guilty of attempted murder but guilty of causing grievous bodily harm in the alternative charge.