A 45-year-old man has been jailed for admitting to numerous driving charges, which includes knocking an OAP over when they left their car.

Ali Shams of Shoot Up Hill, London, pleaded guilty to one count each of causing serious injury by careless driving, driving a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence, driver of a vehicle failing to stop after a road accident, using a motor vehicle on a road without third party insurance and failing to surrender to court bail at the appointed time at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on August 11, 2023.

He was sentenced to eight months in prison and disqualified from driving for a year and nine months at Aylesbury Crown Court on Wednesday, February 28.

This is in relation to an incident that happened on February 15, 2023, when Shams was driving a white Toyota C-HR when he hit a man in his 70s, as he was getting out of a vehicle along Taylor Road, Aylesbury.

Shams then drove away from the scene but officers eventually found him in London and arrested him.

The man who was hit suffered life-changing injuries but has been discharged from hospital.

Shams was eventually charged with the crime on July 12, 2023 and was due to appear in court on September 11 following his guilty plea but failed to attend.

He was arrested on November 30 and remanded in custody before sentencing.

Investigating officer PC Julia Stroud, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “We are very grateful for the assistance of witnesses from the local community following this awful hit-and-run collision.

“Officers worked across the Thames Valley and London to trace and locate the offending vehicle quickly once it was identified.

"Having located the vehicle near an address in London, Ali Shams was arrested.

"Working with colleagues from the Forensic Collision Investigation Unit, we were able to link the vehicle to the collision scene.

"Shams admitted his involvement and was given eight months in custody and a lengthy disqualification from driving.

“The victim has recently been released from hospital and is making a steady recovery from the incident.

"He has suffered life-changing injuries and was left seriously injured on the road as the offender callously drove off.”