Afahan Mohammed Hussain held for killing a two-year-old boy in a hit-and-run crash

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Joshua with Aunt Millie

Hit-And-Run: Man Held
Updated: 13:37, Saturday November 11, 2006

A man accused of killing a two-year-old boy in a hit-and-run crash two years ago has been remanded in custody.

Joshua Berrill died in hospital after being hit by a car as he crossed Burney Lane, in the Alum Rock area of Birmingham, in August 2004.

Witnesses saw the toddler dragged along the road by the vehicle before it drove off.

The child's 13-year-old aunt, Millie Robinson, was also struck by the car and suffered a broken leg.

Today, Afahan Mohammed Hussain, 21, appeared before magistrates in Birmingham charged with causing the toddler's dea
th by dangerous driving.

Hussain, of Highfield Road, Saltley, is also accused of failing to stop at the scene, failing to report the accident, and driving without insurance, tax or a licence.

The court was told Joshua, of Ward End, Birmingham, suffered serious injuries to his head and other parts of his body when he was hit by a Toyota MR2 on August 25, 2004.

Sean Kyne, prosecuting, said Joshua was dragged "some 300 metres by that vehicle along the road".

Hussain was remanded in custody to appear at Birmingham Crown Court on November 17.