UK: Muslim jailed after mowing down 8 people in a fit of “Hit and Run Jihad”

He snapped and drove the seven-seater people carrier at six railway workers, also hitting two others, a court heard

Bruised: Onlookers attacked Rehman

A taxi driver who mowed down eight men with his black cab after a row outside a busy train station was jailed for 15 years today.

Majid Rehman snapped and drove the seven-seater people carrier at six railway workers, also hitting two others, a court heard.

Prosecutor Clare Wilks told a jury: “It was a deliberate manoeuvre at some speed, knocking them down like a bowling ball knocking over pins in an alley.”

She said one witness described seeing Rehman, 29, jumping a red light and ploughing into the group.

The rush hour incident was witnessed by shocked commuters and caught on CCTV, the court heard.

Onlookers described seeing the railway workers wearing bright orange uniforms being thrown in the air or collapsing on the road.

Rehman was then dragged out of his cab and attacked.

First aid: Medic tends to injured railway worker

Ms Wilks said: “It was a chaotic scene, emotions were running high, and Rehman was pulled out of his taxi and assaulted.”

Bystander Mark Underwood was trapped under the taxi suffered significant burns to his back, legs and arms from the hot engine, the court heard.

He needed extensive skin grafts and is still receiving treatment.

One witness, Colin Richards, was looking out from a window of a gym above the scene.

He described feeling physically sick as he saw people trying to move the car at Cardiff Central railway station.