Mohammed Abdulmunim: Killer hoon who ran down Claire Georgey, 22, while street racing in a souped-up Nissan Skyline learns his fate
A dangerous driver who killed a woman while street racing in an illegally modified car has been jailed for five years.
Claire Georgey, 22, was driving home from work when Mohammed Abdulmunim Saleh crashed into her running car on the Cumberland Highway in Sydney’s west on September 7, 2020.
Saleh was driving an 800bhp Nissan Skyline, which had been modified in such a way that it “could not be legally registered to drive on public roads”, Judge Stephen Hanley said.
The car hit Ms Georgey’s Subaru Forrester 28 miles above the 45mph speed limit in Merrylands West.
Saleh was racing with a friend, Jim Spiros Malama, who had previously been convicted of dangerous driving and sentenced to an 18-month community corrections order.
Claire Georgey (pictured), 22, was driving home from work when Mohammed Abdulmunim Saleh struck her running car on Cumberland Highway in Sydney’s west on September 7, 2020
Ms Georgey was taken to Westmead Hospital immediately after the crash but was declared brain dead and taken off life support a week later.
A passenger in her vehicle was also injured and required lengthy physical rehabilitation.
Witnesses reported hearing acceleration and loud revving prior to the crash, with a “short screech and huge, huge bang” heard at the moment of impact.
Saleh, 32, appeared in Parramatta District Court today after previously pleading guilty to dangerous driving occasioning death and dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.
He received a total sentence of five years in prison, with a non-parole period of three years.
He will be eligible for parole on November 25, 2026, with his full sentence running until November 2028.
He was also banned from holding a permit.
Saleh was sentenced on Wednesday at the Parramatta District Court (pictured) in Sydney’s west
Judge Hanley said the cause of the accident was Saleh’s excessive speed, noting he had a history of driving offences, including five driving bans.
The judge read from the joint impact statement from Ms Georgey’s mother and sister, in which they outlined the pain the family had endured at the loss of an “amazing young woman” who had been denied the chance of a full life.
“Lives should never be measured by the sentence imposed on the perpetrator,” Judge Hanley said, but the two victims and two separate offenses made a custodial sentence the only appropriate option.