{"id":1989,"date":"2025-04-08T09:24:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=1989"},"modified":"2025-04-09T08:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T08:43:58","slug":"woman-died-after-speeding-away-from-police-and-crashing-into-parked-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/woman-died-after-speeding-away-from-police-and-crashing-into-parked-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman died after \u2018speeding away from police and crashing into parked car\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Xena Georgiou, 20, collided with a parked car in Sale, Greater Manchester (Picture: MEN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A woman who sped away from a routine police stop died after crashing her new BMW into a parked car, an inquest has heard. <\/p>\n

20-year-old Xena Georgiou, from Wythenshawe, was rushed to hospital following a police pursuit on December 3, 2023, but later died of her injuries at Manchester<\/a> Royal Infirmary on December 12.<\/p>\n

An inquest yesterday at South Manchester Coroners Court heard Xena had been riding with \u2018close friend\u2019 Yasmin Tanker, who sat in the passenger seat, and Jake Bosquet, who was a friend of Tanker.<\/p>\n

Both suffered \u2018significant injuries\u2019 in the crash, but Bosquet left in hospital for two weeks and suffering \u2018memory loss\u2019, an inquest jury was told.<\/p>\n

The inquest heard Xena was the driver of a black\u00a0BMW\u00a0One Series that she had recently bought at a police auction with the help of her mother.<\/p>\n

Xena\u2019s mother Catherine was called as a witness, and cried, recalling her \u2018outgoing, kind, funny, kind, loving, very generous\u2019 daughter as someone who would \u2018help people even though she was struggling.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The high-speed getaway resulted in tragedy (Picture: MEN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bodycam and dashcam footage recorded on the evening of December 3 showed GMP officers Nathan Lowe and PC Stephan Bielizna carrying out the traffic stop on Washway Road in Sale. <\/p>\n

They had been patrolling the area and spotted the car Xena was driving had no insurance and was registered outside of Manchester.<\/p>\n

Footage showed \u2018around five minutes\u2019 of conversation, in which Xena gave the insurance details of her mother, who had placed temporary insurance coverage on the vehicle in the past.<\/p>\n

PC Lowe told the court that after attempting to find the details on the police\u2019s national system, he asked Xena to do a fingerprint scan as \u2018she did not look\u2019 like a woman in her 40s.<\/p>\n

However, after a short while, the bodycam footage showed Xena suddenly driving off. A pursuit then began, with an officer heard saying: \u2018What\u2019s she doing?\u2019<\/p>\n

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Xena died from her injuries in hospital days after the crash (Picture: MEN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Police followed the\u00a0BMW, at some points topping speeds of \u201975mph\u2019 in a bid to catch up to Xena\u2019s car, which soon lost control on a bend on Marsland Road at around 8.30 pm, colliding with a parked car.<\/p>\n

The Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating the circumstances around Xena\u2019s death. Members of her family were sitting in court.<\/p>\n

The court heard how Xena had only had the car for a week after her mother had bought it for her from a police auction in Doncaster \u2013 and mum Catherine didn\u2019t want Xena to drive the car until it had parts replaced on December 4. <\/p>\n

But Xena had persuaded her mum to let her drive the car \u2013 and reminded her mum she had been given money for insurance. But mum Catherine only found out that Xena didn\u2019t until six months after the incident.<\/p>\n

An emotional Catherine said: \u2018When I sent the \u00a3180, I just assumed that she had done it.\u2019<\/p>\n

Catherine added that the last time she saw Xena was during a Facetime one hour before the crash, where she was eating takeaway with her friend Yasmin.<\/p>\n

The inquest was led by assistant coroner Adrian Farrow and it is expected to be heard over four days to give the jury time to reflect on the evidence.<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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