Pensioner found guilty of helping offender escape after stabbing on Bognor Regis seafront
An 81-year-old man accused of being the getaway driver for a ‘county lines drug dealer’ has been found guilty of assisting an offender.
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Ian Hemmens, of Bognor Road, Chichester, stood trial accused of driving Mahamud Sami away from the scene of a stabbing on Bognor Regis seafront on March 10, causing him to evade arrest and prosecution.
He was found guilty on Monday at Portsmouth Crown Court.
Mr Sami, a student based in Chichester, had evaded arrest, but his accomplice, Akeem Adebayo, 23, of Colindale Avenue, Colindale, London, was arrested and charged. He was found guilty of wounding with intent to cause GBH, and two charges of possessing cocaine and heroin with intent to supply.
