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Driver guilty of causing deaths of mum and daughter

David SpereallYorkshire
News imageBen Lack Photography A man with spectacles and a dark beard walks across a street. He is wearing a jacket, white shirt and tie.Ben Lack Photography
The prosecution said Jasskamal Riyat had been racing Hardeep Bachu moments before Bachu struck a mum and her four-year-old daughter

A driver who raced another man who fatally struck a mum and her four-year-old daughter has been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.

Justyna Hulboj, 27, and her daughter Lena Czepczor were killed when they were hit by an Audi TT RS as they walked to the girl's nursery in Leeds on 16 January 2023.

Jasskamal Riyat, who was driving a BMW1 Series closely behind when the fatal crash happened, had denied racing the Audi's driver, Hardeep Bachu, who previously admitted causing their deaths.

But a jury convicted the 37-year-old of the same offences on Friday after a week-long trial at Leeds Crown Court. Both men will be sentenced on 26 October.

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