The son of the grandfather killed in a fatal accident: 'It’s an open wound'

A group of men in black sat side by side on benches in the courtroom at Frederiksberg. Their feet tapping against the floor, their whispers hushed.

Ali Hamrazpour was involved in a serious accident last year. His 65-year-old father was killed, while his pregnant wife suffered severe injuries. He himself was also put in danger.

At 1:57 PM, the judge and two jurors entered. An 18-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison.

It was a unanimous verdict.

The man, now 18, was 17 at the time of the offense.

He was driving a borrowed Porsche too fast when he struck Ali Hamrazpour’s father, who had just bought a stroller for his future grandchild.

“We are disappointed that the sentence is only five years. In our eyes, that is not enough considering that my father is no longer with us, and that my wife may have to live with a disability,” Ali Hamrazpour writes in a response to DR Nyheder.

The convicted man admitted to driving the car and killing the 65-year-old man. However, he denied that it was under aggravating circumstances.

Listen to Ali Hassoun, a friend of the deceased’s family, explain what the fatal accident meant for the son of the deceased, Ali Hamrazpour.

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**Driving too fast**

The now 18-year-old man was charged with reckless driving—both for speeding and having nitrous oxide in his system—when he hit the family on Roskildevej in Copenhagen outside BabySam.

However, the court did not find it proven that the now 18-year-old was affected by nitrous oxide at the time of the accident.

“At 5:10 PM, we know that you were inhaling nitrous oxide while filming yourself as you drove the car in Glostrup,” the judge said in court.

“But we have no information about what happened after. The forensic expert says the effects wear off within one to two minutes.

“Your behavior afterward at the scene could just as well have been due to shock,” the court president added.

Instead, the court found it proven that the 18-year-old was driving too fast at the time of the accident.

“We believe that you were driving at least 70 kilometers per hour. You were driving at least 40 percent too fast,” the judge said, looking at the accused.

Earlier in the proceedings, the now 18-year-old had admitted to driving over 200 kilometers per hour on the highway and filming himself.

“When you consider how you drove that day—you were driving over 200 kilometers per hour in the morning, took nitrous oxide an hour and a half before, and then drove over 200 kilometers per hour again—it supports your general approach to driving,” the judge said, addressing the accused.

“And under these circumstances, we believe there is a case of negligent manslaughter under particularly aggravating circumstances because you drove extremely carelessly,” the judge concluded.

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**An open wound**

The son of the deceased testified himself during the trial. He described his father as his everything.

“I grew up my entire life with my father as my only parent. He was the only one I had. He was my mother, my father, my uncle. We were very close; we saw each other almost every day.”

On the day of the accident, they were supposed to go out for dinner, but instead, the future grandfather surprised the couple with a trip to BabySam.

As they were loading the stroller into the car, a loud crash echoed. The young man’s focus was first and foremost on his wife, whose foot had been severely injured.

But then he saw his father lying on the ground with violent injuries.

“My whole world just collapses. I couldn’t believe it. I froze. I just said, ‘This can’t be happening,’” the devastated son told the court yesterday.

The now 18-year-old chose to appeal the day’s decision immediately after a brief conversation with his defense attorney. He waved to his family before being driven back to the prison, where he remains in custody.

A decision that hurts the son of the deceased.

“It’s an open wound that hurts. We have other traumas to process, but now we have to go back to court with this chapter. We’re tired of it.”

“We just want to move on and close this chapter.”

The wife was pregnant at the time of the accident. The couple has since become parents.

“Our son is doing well today for those who might have thought of him,” Ali Hamrazpour says.

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