LIFE: He Dragged Him Under His Car — Then Went for a Takeaway
📅 7 November 2026
On the night of 22 April 2026, in Accrington town centre, Weller sat on the bonnet of a stationary car. The driver set off anyway — Weller went under the wheels, was dragged several metres along the road, and died in hospital in the early hours of 23 April.
The driver, Muhammad Haarith, 23, abandoned the car and broke his phone — and then, in Lancashire Police's own words, he 'callously drove away from the scene… abandoned the car and went to get a takeaway.' It is the line nobody who hears this case ever forgets.
Haarith admitted manslaughter but denied murder. A jury convicted him of murder on 16 October 2026, and on 19 October 2026 he was sentenced to LIFE, with a minimum term of 16½ years. Trial reporting described claims that Weller had been taunted in the weeks before the killing — reporting the police releases themselves do not mention, and which we attribute wherever it appears.
Watch the full film above — the complete story, with the graphic moment deliberately left out. Was the takeaway the coldest detail in British true crime this year? Tell us in the comments.
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