Brothers were racing before fatal Welshpool crash, court told

A jury has heard two brothers were allegedly racing each other moments before a crash that killed a father-of-two and seriously injured his nine-year-old son. Rhys Jenkins, from Deuddwr, Powys, died at the scene of the crash on the A483 near Welshpool in November 2024. His son, Ioan, was airlifted to hospital in Liverpool with serious injuries. Abubakr Ben Yusaf, 31, and Umar Ben Yusaf, 35, deny causing death by dangerous driving. Opening the case at Mold Crown Court, prosecutor David Mainstone told jurors the pair were "a car crash waiting to happen" and had been "racing" each other in the miles leading up to the fatal collision. He said that during the trial, the jury would hear from 10 eyewitnesses who all saw the brothers driving before the crash, and who sometimes saw the BMW leading, and sometimes the Audi. Others would describe seeing the collision itself, he said, when Jenkins' Toyota Yaris was hit head-on by the red BMW being driven by Abubakr Ben Yousaf after his car appeared to lose control and crossed over into the right hand lane. He showed the jury footage of the two cars overtaking a woman at speed, and another video showing the journey in daylight between Newtown wh

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