A speeding taxi driver caused a pedestrian's death just minutes after police had flagged him down to warn him about his driving.
MailOnline reports that Shakoor Ahmed, 46, received the warning from police on December 17, 2021.
But only 16 minutes later he picked up two passengers in his Toyota Prius cab and was speeding when he hit 32-year-old Dan Beames as he crossed the road in Cheltenham.
Mr Beames suffered fatal skull fractures in the collision and a bleed on the brain and never recovered from those injuries, Gloucester Crown Court was told.
Until his trial at Cirencester Courthouse on 3 April, Ahmed from Gloucester, had denied the charge of causing the death of Mr Beames by dangerous driving. But at the last moment he changed his plea to guilty.
Judge Rupert Lowe told Ahmed that he will be receiving an immediate prison term and the only question to be determined is how long that will be.
Prosecutor Emily Evans told the court: "Sixteen minutes before the collision he was stopped by two police officers in Kingsholm, Gloucester, because of his speed.
"He was warned by the officers there had been a big rugby game and there were a lot of people around and his speed was inappropriate for the conditions.
"Because he was a taxi driver, they took the decision to issue him with a Section 59 warning and he was told they could have reported him to the licensing authority which could have resulted in him losing his licence."
The officers were wearing bodycams which recorded Ahmed acknowledging that he was driving too fast and accepting that he probably needed a warning to get him to slow down.
The prosecutor added: "He did not heed that warning. He went from there to collect a fare, a Mr Walker and his son in law, from the rank outside Gloucester Bus Station and they asked to be taken to Cheltenham.
"Mr Walker says that Ahmed's driving was at times excessive in speed. He was aggressively overtaking other vehicles and making comments, boasting, that he had just been stopped by the police.
"He told Mr Walker he had been warned but he then said his vehicle could reach 100mph and he had done that speed on the bypass.
"In fact, Mr Walker could see from the speedometer that the defendant did reach that speed.
"In Lansdown Road, Cheltenham, a small vehicle in front of Ahmed stopped at traffic lights, as the lights turned green, Ahmed pulled out from behind the car and into the lane on its right.
"Mr Beames was crossing that road when the collision occurred."
Ms Evans said it had been established that Mr Beames was using his mobile phone as he crossed the road.
Mr Walker, in the front passenger seat of the taxi, said he saw Mr Beames in the road 20-30 metres before the collision. At that stage, he said, Ahmed had the accelerator pedal pressed flat out to the floor but he then braked.
The road at the scene of the collision had a 40mph speed limit but the telematic system in the taxi showed he was doing 53mph.
Ms Evans said that nine months before the tragedy Ahmed had received three penalty points on his licence for a speeding offence.
"At the speed he was travelling in Cheltenham, there was no way he would have managed to avoid Mr Beames," she added.
"But if he had been doing the limit of 40mph the risk of fatality was only 30 per cent compared with 80 per cent at 53mph."
Bailing Ahmed until May 2 for a pre-sentence report to be prepared, Judge Lowe said he would get 'significant' credit and a shorter sentence for pleading guilty rather than having a trial.
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