Mother and girlfriend of convicted Bradford murderer jailed

Jordan Glover was jailed for life in April last year with a minimum term of more than 18 years behind bars for deliberately forcing a quad bike off the road killing its passenger Rahees Mahmood, 18.

Rahees Mahmood

He was also convicted by the jury of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Tommy-Lee Haigh, 19, the driver of the bike.

Glover, 25, from the Thorpe Edge area of Bradford, drove a Ford Focus into the rear of the bike on Broadstone Way, Holme Wood, Bradford, on the afternoon of June 3, 2021.

Today, his girlfriend, Macey Holmes, 23, was jailed for ten months and his mother, Donna Abbott, 41, for six months.

Both pleaded guilty to assisting an offender by lying to the police after Glover had gone to ground following the murder.

Prosecutor Simon Clegg told Bradford Crown Court that Glover chased after the bike in the Ford Focus on busy local roads in broad daylight.

Police at the scene

He deliberately drove into the rear of the quad shortly after 4pm killing Mr Mahmood.

Within minutes he had abandoned the car in a park and rung his mother and girlfriend.

Mr Clegg said there were repeated calls and texts among them and with others.

Abbot drove her son from the area and his whereabouts were unknown for three days.

Holmes offered to get a caravan after Glover said he would always love her.

On June 4, the police went to Abbot’s then address on the Holme Wood Estate and she stated that her son didn’t live there and she didn’t have a number for him. She then rang him and told the police ‘material lies’ during the search, Mr Clegg said.

Later that day, officers went to Holmes’ address and she lied saying she was no longer in a relationship with him and didn’t know where he was.

Two days later, they found Glover at an address where she was living.

Both women made no comment during their police interviews.

Holmes had previous convictions for theft and going equipped for theft. Abbott was of previous good character.

Holmes’ barrister Gerald Hendron said she did not fully understand the gravity of the offences the police were investigating.

She had not assisted Glover to leave the jurisdiction or concealed actual evidence.

Holmes had been in a relationship with Glover for a significant period. She was only 20 at the time and acted out of misguided loyalty.

She had been at real risk of repercussions because of her association with him. She had to leave the area and was now isolated, fearful and depressed.

In mitigation for Abbott, Alasdair Campbell said that it was an exceptional set of circumstances that she could never have predicted or prepared for.

She had never been in trouble before and she had held down three jobs while caring for her children.

The impact of June 3, 2021, had been profound, Mr Campbell said. Abbott had to deal with the incarceration of her son for many years.

She had to move out of the area to an address that was not disclosed by the court and her health had suffered.

Judge Andrew Hatton said that Rahees Mahmood was murdered by Glover during a high-speed chase on the Holme Wood Estate.

Holmes said that after the fatal collision she did not know that a death had occurred or that Glover had intentionally driven at the quad bike. But she realised he had been involved in a serious accident.

She let Glover stay at her address and lied to the police saying she did not know where he was.

Abbott lied to the police, saying she hadn’t seen her son for a couple of days. She didn’t know about the death but believed he had been involved in serious criminality.

After the collision, she collected Glover from a shop and he went to ground. There was contact with him and someone gave him a new phone number.

The women had lied to put the police off the scent and Holmes had accommodated him. Their acts had caused significant delay to Glover’s arrest and detention, Judge Hatton said.

The public interest required that the women serve immediate prison sentences.