An Uber driver who ran over and killed a customer after he had been sick in the back seat of his car has been acquitted of murder.
Hayadulla Turkmani, 53, was unanimously found not guilty by jurors of murder and manslaughter after two-and-a-half days of deliberations at Basildon Crown Court.
Turkmani had run over Michael Ashton, 28, after dropping him off outside his home in Basildon, Essex, just before midnight on September 26 last year.
Council worker Mr Ashton and his partner went into the home to get cleaning wipes, which they used to clean up the ‘small amount’ of vomit on the
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