A clubber accused of attempted murder after driving his car into a crowded dance floor

News24xx.com -  A clubber named Mohammed Abdul accused to did an attempted murder after driving his car into a crowded dance floor. 

The 21-year-old man dressed in a blue shirt, denies attempted murder after the incident at Blake’s nightclub in Gravesend, Kent, on March 17, which left eight people injured.

He said that he only wanted to make a nuisance after being ‘humiliated’ when thrown out by bouncers.

Abdul drank at least 15 glasses of vodka, tequila shots and more than ‘five to 10 spliffs’ of cannabis before he got behind the wheel of his Suzuki Vitara.

High court judge Timothy Fancourt QC at Maidstone Crown Court said Abdul was ‘fuelled with drink and drugs’. And he was upset and humiliated,  after being ‘humiliated’ when thrown out by bouncers.

He admitted saying he was ‘going to shut this place down’, but that he never threatened to kill anyone. 

Earlier in the trial, prosecutors told the court Abdul’s actions were a ‘determined and indiscriminate effort to cause carnage and death to anyone in his way’. 

Abdul had been in the Queen Street venue for around three hours until he was kicked out at around 11.40pm for being too drunk. He returned in his vehicle around 10 minutes later and drove ‘at speed’ down a narrow alleyway by the side of the club, with door staff and clubbers jumping or being pulled out of the way.

Jurors saw CCTV footage of a vehicle crashing through the marquee, knocking several people to the floor, before attempting to reverse away. 

Abdul, of Deptford, denies two counts of attempting ie to murder persons in the vicinity of the club and an to cause grievous bodily harm. 
 

 

 

 

 

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