Three years in prison for speeder who killed student

A SPEEDING driver who killed a student in a horror crash has been jailed for more than three years.

- By Grant McCabe

Akbar Razaq was going at double the 30mph limit in his Audi A4 near Glasgow city centre when he struck Chinenye Okonkwo.

The 30-year-old driver hit another car before mounting the pavement and hitting a traffic-light pole.

Ms Okonkwo was waiting to cross the road but ended up being crushed between railings and the front of the Audi. It happened on the night of Thursday, February 2, 2023.

The 33-year-old, who was studying Public Health at the city’s Caledonian University, suffered fatal injuries.

Razaq was yesterday sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow having earlier admitted a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

Lord Mulholland jailed him for three years and four months. He was also banned from the road for a total of eight years and two months.