Death driver ‘blames ballet star for speeding’

A minicab driver accused of killing a ballet star while making a hands-free phone call told a court the dancer was riding a motorcycle too fast and could have killed him instead. Abdul Qayyum, 44, knocked Jonathan Ollivier, 38, off his bike and into a lamppost while crossing Farringdon Road in Clerkenwell, north London, in his Mercedes S Class. Mr Ollivier, who was due to star in the final performance of The Car Man at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, suffered catastrophic…