A van driver who killed a gifted university student after driving into her while she sat on a bench outside King's College London has been jailed for eight years. The student from Mitcham, south London, was in her second year studying physics and philosophy with hopes of being an... engineer, and was described by her mother, Samira Shafi, as 'the most amazing daughter'. The van driver - who had never driven an electric vehicle before - rammed into an iron gate, mounted a flower bed and briefly flew in the air before colliding with Ms Mahomed. Fellow students Irem Yoldas, 28, and Yamin Belmessous, 24, were injured in the crash. Christopher Jackson, 27, from Southampton, was jailed for eight years at the Old Bailey last week after previously pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.show more

@GriftReport Eight years for a life taken on a bench? That’s a lifetime too short for justice

@GriftReport So the driver was licensed, insured and not under the influence of any substance. A genuine accident. 8 years is fking madness for an accident. His crime was being a shade of white. Muggings, child rape, pedos, stabbings mostly a slap on the wrist.

@GriftReport @TheGriftReport 8 years? Some sort of joke surely? What justice is that… he literally mowed her down whilst she sat on a bench… Who’s in charge of the CPS and who is the judge? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤬

@GriftReport Horrendous all round. Poor family. I almost feel bad for the guy too, cant imagine he intended to kill anyone, freak accidents suck

@GriftReport The accelerator and brake peddles are the same as any other vehicle. He’s just a fucking idiot.

@GriftReport We are all just moments away from 8 years in jail. Anyone can make a mistake. This should have been careless driving instead. Anyone out driving today could easily end up in a cell until 2034.

@GriftReport @TheGriftReport Unless you’re an evil monster, it must be absolutely devastating to accidentally kill someone. You will have to live with what you’ve done for the rest of your life. RIP to the young girl.

@GriftReport What’s the van being electric have to do with it? Accelerator and brakes still work exactly the same.

On March 18, 2025, Jackson was collecting an electric Ford Transit van he had never driven before from Bush House near King's College London on the Strand. He crashed into iron gates at speed, tearing them off their hinges and striking two fellow students Irem Yoldas, 28, and Yamin Belmessous, 24 causing life-changing injuries. The van then mounted a flower bed, became briefly airborne, and struck 20-year-old Aalia Mahomed on her bench; she died instantly at the scene. Victim's Story:- Aalia, from Mitcham south London, was crushing her second-year physics and philosophy degree at KCL, eyeing a future in engineering. Her mom called her "the most amazing daughter," and the uni honored her with a posthumous degree plans for a Japan cherry blossom trip with her brother cut short forever. Court Facts:- Jackson pled guilty back in February to causing death by dangerous driving plus two serious injury counts no booze, drugs, or crazy speed involved, per his defense, but forensics pinned it on unintended acceleration worsened by panic in an unfamiliar EV. Met Police confirmed no mechanical faults with the van.

@GriftReport The person who killed my uncle by pulling out in front of his motorbike at 30mph got a £700 fine and 9 points ! He also has an issue that meant he should have surrendered his license.

Hang on, why is this cut and dry, and why the “never drove an electric vehicle before” The girls death is tragic, but something smells fishy to me about the cause. The only van I’ve ever seen fly through the air;, had BA Baracus in the back stating “I ain’t getting no plane” This fella might have been wearing orthopedic shoes, but the chance he couldn’t have rammed the breaks on, was implausable as Murdoch drugging BA for his flight……..

@GriftReport If it was a Muslim driver and white student, the driver would’ve gotten 8 months probation.

@GriftReport No comment should automatically mean guilty on that question if refuse to give an answer. He should be given life looked totally disinterested and doesn't care.

@GriftReport Don’t say “jailed for” say “sentenced to” . Under 2026 standard determinate sentences for serious violent and sexual offences you only serve 50% (prev 2/3) of ur time in jail. The rest out on licence so incorrect to imply he will spend 8 years in jail.

@GriftReport No where near long enough.

@GriftReport Hopefully, he is taken care of in prison and never comes out.

@GriftReport Samira was a friend of my son.

@GriftReport @TheGriftReport The electric van is the danger not the driver.

@GriftReport A man fell asleep at the wheel after a long drive he drove head on into my wife .She spent 3 days in intensive care was in in hospital for two weeks.Spent another 6 weeks at home in a bed that was five years ago she is crippled and he never even got a point on his license.

@GriftReport @TheGriftReport 🙏💔

@GriftReport Think the point is if he'd never driven one before he should've learned how to operate it prior to getting behind the wheel and trying to drive it at all.

@GriftReport Really sad case. Young student gone in an instant. 8 years is a long time for a genuine mistake, but I get why the family feels it's nowhere near enough. Heartbreaking.

@GriftReport So sad!

@GriftReport He would have received a lighter sentence if he went at someone with a 🔪

@GriftReport @TheGriftReport A white man gets 8 years for an accident then

@GriftReport hmmm, accelerator pedals and steering are still separate functions, correct?

@GriftReport Free that man

@GriftReport @TheGriftReport Another foreigner bites the dust, and he only got 8 years. Marvellous news.

@GriftReport Sentence is way Too short unfortunately

@GriftReport It just goes to show why we need to deport these people for their own safety

@GriftReport Ok but how do u get mixed up with the brake and accelerator, must be more to this than there saying

@GriftReport Accidentally?

@GriftReport Rape ok, burning people in their houses ok, decapitating people ok, car accident with a brown end of the world!

@GriftReport So? Shit happens

@GriftReport I see some hybrid "vigour"