A man who drove through a red light while travelling at around three times the speed limit and fled the scene after killing a delivery driver in Lambeth has been sentenced.

Abdirahman Ahmed, 20 of Lilford Road, appeared at Croydon Crown Court on Thursday, 3 August where he was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for causing death by dangerous driving; 18 months imprisonment for causing death by driving while unlicensed and causing death by driving while uninsured [to run concurrently]; and was disqualified from driving for seven years with an extension of six-and-a-half years.

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