Boxer Amir Khan drove dangerously when he accelerated through a red light and knocked down a pedestrian on a pelican crossing, a court has heard.
Jurors heard his high-performance BMW 6 series car reached 47mph as he overtook vehicles in the wrong lane just before traffic lights in Bolton town centre.
The pedestrian, Geoffrey Hatton, 55, told Bolton Crown Court he heard a "screaming engine" prior to the crash.
Mr Khan, 20, of Lostock, near Bolton, denies dangerous driving.
Mr Hatton, a foundry worker from Bolton, suffered a broken leg in the crash in Bradshawgate on 2 March 2006.
He had been walking to a local pub with a work colleague after finishing his shift.
Leg fears
Mr Hatton told the jury he heard his friend shout at him as he crossed the road and said he panicked as he thought a car was coming.
"I heard a screaming engine and the next thing I knew I was on the floor shouting 'I've lost my leg'," he added.
Mr Alaric Bassano, prosecuting, told the court Mr Khan was "well in excess of the speed limit" as he accelerated towards the junction with Great Moor Street during afternoon rush hour traffic.
He said the carriageway was divided into two lanes and that Mr Khan - the reigning Commonwealth lightweight champion - wrongly overtook two vehicles in a right-turn only lane as he drove straight-on through the red light.
Mr Bassano added: "As he did so some pedestrians were on the pelican crossing.
"One of the pedestrians, the last one to cross, was Geoffrey Hatton - he was in the carriageway as the defendant was driving through the junction.
"He evidently panicked and he turned back towards the pavement.
"He moved into the defendant's line of traffic and the defendant's vehicle hit him.
"It was the cumulative effect of three factors taken together which rendered the defendant's driving dangerous - speed, overtaking in the wrong lane and driving through a red light," he added.
Boxer held
The incident was captured on CCTV and the footage shown to the jury on Tuesday.
Mr Hatton told the court he had thought it was safe to cross and that he had not been aware of any oncoming traffic.
The court was told that Mr Khan remained at the scene and was arrested and interviewed by police three months later, when he made no comment.
The trial was adjourned until Wednesday.
What is it with boxers and running people over?
Amir Khan Boxer 'knocked over pedestrian'
by rights he should be banned.
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At least it wasn't ricky hatton or Khan would've been knocked out!Exoddus wrote: The pedestrian, Geoffrey Hatton, 55, told Bolton Crown Court he heard a "screaming engine" prior to the crash.
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I think the thread would attract more people if it read "Khan knocks Hatton for six" - Not as dreadful as the Naz incident and Khan didnt scarper, but a similar attitude behind the wheel - I friggin hate BMW drivers - A couple of years ago I was driving accross the Snake Pass Sheffield/Glossop road and as the name implies its a dodgy windy road - I wasnt driving slowly about 40/50 which was about the safe limit - I counted five bloody BMWs at different points up my arse wanting to get by - They are crazy bastards anytime but on a road like that in winter with the risk of ice on the road, its absolutely stupid - The road is very high up and gets closed every year because of snow and black ice is a common problem - They cant all be late for important appointments.
it was covered at the time in the dailies as i recall.... they might be waiting for the result, to see if it is a back page or front page story, as it were.rob h wrote:Makes me laugh how this gets no press coverage. This is exactly the same as Hameds situation.
Imagine a kid was crossing???
Stupid twat
nothing like the Hamed incident.
going 40 odd in a 30 is stupid alright, specilly near a lights in a city centre, but Hamed was practically racing down the wrong side of the road, blind.
and then the fcker runs off, for fcks sakes, and then comes out the fcking jail to a fcking entourage all singing all dancing etc......that fcker has lost more respect over that incident than anything else he ever did. Period.
going 40 odd in a 30 is stupid alright, specilly near a lights in a city centre, but Hamed was practically racing down the wrong side of the road, blind.
and then the fcker runs off, for fcks sakes, and then comes out the fcking jail to a fcking entourage all singing all dancing etc......that fcker has lost more respect over that incident than anything else he ever did. Period.