‘My brakes failed’

An Uber driver who ploughed into pedestrians outside the Natural History Museum told a court he did not press the accelerator and his brakes did not work. Juma Omar, 48, sparked a terrorist alert when his black Toyota Prius careered into two people on October 7 last year. He was dragged out of the car by witnesses but insists the car was to blame. Omar, who said he was in the area to pick up a customer, and opened his…