Addil Haroon - 'unduly lenient' sentence to be reviewed by attorney general

Addil Haroon who killed Joseph Brown-Lartey when he drove at 80mph through a red traffic

The sentence of Addil Haroon, 19 and from Rochdale, who boasted of driving at 142mph on a motorway the night before he killed Joseph Brown-Lartey, 25, when he drove at 80mph on a residential street, is to be reviewed.

The attorney general will review Haroon's six-year prison sentence after complaints it was unduly lenient.

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In November 2014 Haroon hired a car and spent several days driving it with no licence or insurance. On Saturday 8 November 2014 he drove on the M62 between Leeds and Rochdale and took a photo of the speedometer, on his phone, which read 142mph. Haroon boasted he drove the 34 miles from Leeds to Rochdale in 11 minutes on the M62 on 8 November.

Shortly before 4.40am on Sunday 9 November 2014 Haroon had been driving along Bury Road in Rochdale at over 80mph when he drove through a red traffic light at the junction of Sandy Lane and collided with an Audi A5.

25-year-old Joseph Brown-Lartey, who was driving the Audi, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Haroon pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and driving without a licence or insurance.

Sgt Paul Higgins, of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), said experienced traffic police officers described the crash scene as the "worst" they had ever seen.

The attorney general's office said: "We have been asked to consider whether Addil Haroon's sentence is unreasonably low, under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.

"The attorney or solicitor general will make a decision by 25 June as to whether the case should be referred to the Court of Appeal."