By Stefan Boscia For Mailonline
Published: 14:16 BST, 18 May 2019 | Updated: 16:41 BST, 18 May 2019
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A judge has admitted his sentencing powers are 'pitifully inadequate' after a speeding hit-and-run driver who killed a pensioner was jailed for just 22 months.
Mohammed Ahmed, 33, ploughed into Milton Forde, 83, in his BMW as he crossed a road in Coventry.
A court heard how the restaurant boss sped away from the scene following the fatal collision and hid away in his home for two days.
Residents living nearby who heard the impact of the crash rushed to Mr Forde's aid as he lay injured in the road.
Mohammed Ahmed (pictured), 33, ploughed into Milton Forde, 83, in his powerful BMW as he crossed a road, before leaving him to die
They called for paramedics but he was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 11pm on May 12 last year.
Prosecutor Angus Robertson said Mr Forde had been one-and-a-half metres away from the kerb when he was struck by the BMW.
He told the court: 'That collision was substantial and resulted in the death of Mr Forde.'
In a statement, Mr Forde's brother Byron said: 'I am still very distressed at the thought of my brother being left on the side of the road like a wild animal.
'He died instantly, which means he had no-one with him, which makes me feel very sad and very angry.'
When Ahmed was arrested at his home he lied to police and
