A BRADFORD man serving a life sentence for murder has been granted Leave to Appeal his conviction and sentence.

Tony Grant, 40, was jailed for a minimum of 17 years at Bradford Crown Court on May 1 last year for the murder of Amriz Iqbal, known as Major.

Today, the court heard from his solicitor advocate, Simon Hustler, that he has been given Leave to Appeal.

In July last year, the T&A reported that both Grant, known as Granty, and his co-accused Mohammed Nisar Khan, known as Meggy, had lodged appeals against their convictions and sentences.

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Khan, of Holme Lane, Tong, Bradford, was sentenced to a minimum term of 26 years for Mr Iqbal’s murder. He was convicted by a jury of deliberately running him over in Sandford Road, Bradford Moor.

He was also found guilty of attempting to murder Mr Iqbal’s friend, Adnan Ahmed, who was crossing the road with him.

Mr Iqbal and Mr Ahmed were flung in the air by a silver Kia Sedona shortly after 1pm on October 3, 2018. Mr Iqbal, 40, of Curzon Road, Bradford Moor, sustained an unsurvivable injury when his head struck a tree. Mr Ahmed was treated in hospital for a dislocated shoulder.

Mr Hustler told Judge Richard Mansell QC today that Grant was contesting a ruling to confiscate a BMW car the Crown says was used as a getaway vehicle in the case.

Grant, of Queens Road, Bradford, wanted to overturn a deprivation order on the BMW made by Judge Mansell on September 11.

No one appeared for the defence at that hearing when David Gordon for the Crown said the car was used as a getaway vehicle after Mr Iqbal’s murder.

Mr Hustler said the BMW belonged to Redline Motors but both Grant and his wife had an interest in it.

Judge Mansell granted permission for Grant’s defence team to appeal against the confiscation ruling at a full hearing on November 3.

The offices of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division in London confirmed that Grant’s appeal against conviction and sentence had passed the initial single judge procedure. A date had not yet been fixed for a hearing by the Full Court.

Khan’s appeal against conviction and sentence was yet to go through the single judge procedure.

All Leave to Appeal applications are first considered by a single Appeal Judge. If he or she grants Leave to Appeal, the application will go on to the Full Court. This is where it will be heard in full, witnesses can give evidence and the arguments advanced. The Full Court will then grant or refuse the application.

A successful application to appeal against sentence can lead to a reduction in sentence.

In the case of an appeal against conviction, the court can quash the conviction completely or order a re-trial.