A banned driver who mowed down and killed a profoundly deaf grandmother has been jailed for eight years.

Imran Khan, 21, was driving aggressively in Bradford city centre when he struck Rita Turner, 79, a court heard.

Mrs Turner, of Idle, Bradford, died at the scene of the horrific crash in Drewton Road in May last year.

Khan and his friend Mohammed Javed Ubaid, 21, drove off and hid the badly-damaged black Vauxhall Astra in a lock-up garage, Bradford Crown Court was told yesterday.

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told Khan, of Kensington Street, Girlington, Bradford, he was showing off to Ubaid and “the world in general”.

The judge jailed Ubaid, of Lily Street, Manningham, Bradford, for two years, describing his actions in hiding the car in his own garage as “despicable”.

Khan pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance. Both men admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Prosecutor Timothy Stead said Mrs Turner was almost across the dual carriageway when Khan’s vehicle struck her and flung her in the air. She was born deaf and had attended the Deaf Centre in Bradford that day.

Witnesses said Khan’s driving was aggressive. He was undertaking at speed and one motorist sounded his horn as a warning before the tragedy.

The court heard that Khan had previous convictions for aggravated vehicle taking and failing to stop after an accident in which a pedestrian fell and broke his wrist.

Abdul Iqbal, Khan’s barrister, said he was desperately ashamed. He was not racing or driving competitively and had not taken drugs or alcohol. Mr Iqbal said Khan conceded “the horrendous and devastating consequences to the deceased, her family and her friends”.

Assumpta O’Rourke, for Ubaid, said he acted on the spur of the moment out of shock, panic and misguided loyalty to his friend.

Judge Durham Hall said no sentence could bring back “a very fit and sprightly lady” and no words could describe the pain of her family. Khan had shown a “remorseless attitude”, thinking only of himself. Ubaid must have known the pensioner had been critically injured.

After the case, Mrs Turner’s son, Christopher Rushworth, said: “My mother Rita Turner, lived life to the full and will be greatly missed. Our enduring memory is of her dancing to the Macarena at a family wedding just a few months earlier and being some 50 years older than any of the line of dancers.

“Rita was a well known and respected member of the community and is greatly missed by many, many, people.”