Killer driver Ashenafei Demissie tells court he stamped on the brakes of electric mini cab – but nothing happened

A father who blames his electric car for killing a five-year-old boy told a court learning the child had died was the ‘worst news’ of his life. Ashenafei Demissie, 53, insisted he never put his foot on the accelerator of the electric Volkswagen ID.4 which hit five-year-old Fareed Amir and his own 12-year-old son Raphael. The incident took place in a car park outside Demissie’s flat near London Bridge Station on 25 November 2022. Fareed had been walking home from…