Harrowing new details emerge after girl, 6, hit and killed by Range Rover outside after-school club
The youngster was attending an after-school Islamic class at a house in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, when the tragedy unfolded on Monday evening.
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Cops and paramedics rushed to the horror scene at around 5.30pm but despite their best efforts, the girl died at the scene.
Now, harrowing CCTV footage - which The Sun has chosen not to show - has revealed how the tragedy unfolded.
The young girl is seen suddenly emerging from behind a parked car as the Range Rover approaches before she's hit from behind.
The driver stopped at the scene and no arrests have been made.
One woman said she'd witnessed the collision but was too traumatised to relive the horror.
'It was awful,' she said.
'I saw the accident happen but it was so upsetting I can't talk about it.'
She said an ambulance had been following the Range Rover and he'd been taken out of the vehicle so the girl could receive treatment.
It was reported that the girl's distraught mother was seen "crying and shaking" on a street corner following the tragedy.
A large police presence could be seen on the street on Monday evening.
Rosetta Defazio, 57, who lives on the road, said: 'I saw the girl's mother nearby afterwards.
'She was very upset and crying and shaking a lot.
'They were lots of other people who were also crying and standing in the street.
'Some of them were saying prayers.'
'AWFUL' AND 'HEART-BREAKING'
The collision also happened close to a convenience store and a nearby junior school.
A man, believed to run the after-school classes, said he didn't wish to comment when he was approached.
Other residents described the collision as 'awful' and 'heart-breaking'.
One man said: 'I saw the air ambulance hovering above so I knew if was serious.
'The poor girl's family must be distraught.'
Robert Herdman, 56, owns an ice-cream van and the street is on his regular route.
And he stopped to lay a floral tribute near the scene.
'I just wanted to pay my respects.
'The girl was probably one of my customers.
'It's so sad.'
Greater Manchester Police said the Range Rover was travelling along Ashfield Road when the driver struck the youngster, who had gone out onto the road.
Officers from GMP's Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) are investigating and enquiries are ongoing.
Detective Constable Thomas Johnson, from SCIU, said on Tuesday: 'I firstly want to pass my condolences onto the family of the girl who tragically died following last night's collision.
"The thoughts of everyone from our investigating team are with them and we are continuing to support them where we can. As our work progresses, we are asking for anyone with any information to please come forward.
"You may have witnessed last night's incident, or have relevant CCTV, doorbell or dashcam footage.
"If you can send this to our officers, this would be greatly appreciated as we put together a complete picture of last night's incident.'
Anyone with information is asked to contact GMP on 101 or online, quoting log 2683 of April 28, 2025.
Alternatively, contact SCIU directly on 0161 856 4741, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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I explained what information we had. 12 The horrific crime was carried out on this street Credit: Supplied 12 Sebastian Bendou cracked and confessed the murder to police Credit: Cheshire Police 12 Manuel Wagner was freed then re-arrested in 2015 when new evidence came to light Credit: Cheshire Police 'At this point we haven't confirmed this was Christophe, so we had to start the process of getting a formal identification, which again proved a challenge because there were no dental records, there were no medical records, we had no DNA, there was no crime scene at that stage that had usable DNA. 'The offenders had systematically erased every aspect of his life, including his physical belongings, so we had nothing to go on.' Eventually Christophe's family members came over to the UK and used their DNA to confirm the body was his. As the police investigation unfolded, more sordid details of his murder emerged. 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I remember the room closing in on me and I started feeling a bit queasy. Retired inspector Anton Sullivan 'You could see distinctive hammer claw injuries in Christophe's skull. 'The first one, they miss and it hits the Formica top that later panicked Kocher painted over. Then we go back and find the exact divot in the Formica that forensically matches the hammer. 'Then he tells us when he pulled the the hammer out of Christophe's skull, because it was stuck there was a jet of blood that went all over the walls and the ceiling. That's why Kocher decided to paint the kitchen red because he thought it would help mask the colour. 'Also as he's pulling the claw out of Christophe's skull, Wagner is looking over his shoulder because they're in this killing frenzy, and he cracks Wagner on the side of the face by accident with the blunt end of the hammer, giving him a big bruise.' Investigators started going through Facebook pictures and found a selfie Wagner took while he was working in a bar at Cheshire Oaks, sporting a big bruise on the side of his face, which was verified and used as evidence in the second trial. Anton, who had by this point become close with Christophe's father Yves, and his brother and sister Noel and Aurelie, said hearing Bendou talking so nonchalantly about the savage murder made him feel sick to his stomach. 'From a personal note, it's really difficult as police officer deal with an offender and not be disgusted, we're humans first and police officers second,' he said. Timeline of the Christophe Borgye case The case was one of the most chilling and unusual Cheshire police had ever dealt with, here is a timeline of key events: April 2009: Christophe Borgye is killed by three men and his body is sealed in a concrete tomb under a shed. May 2009: A colleague reports his disappearance. A housemate, Dominik Kocher, sends a fake email to Borgye's family to make them believe he is safe. November 2012: The three men involved in the murder, Dominik Kocher, Sebastian Bendou, and Manuel Wagner, move from Ellesmere Port to Dumfries, Scotland. April 13, 2013: Sebastian Bendou confesses to the crime to the police, initially claiming he acted alone in self-defence. April 17, 2013: Wagner and Kocher are questioned as witnesses. May 2013: Bendou changes his statement, revealing Kocher's and Wagner's involvement. Both are re-arrested on suspicion of murder. July 2013: Kocher and Bendou are charged with murder, and Wagner is charged with two lesser offenses. March 2014: Kocher is convicted of murder. May 2014: Bendou is convicted of murder and sentenced to life with a minimum of 14 years. June 2014: An appeal to increase Kocher's sentence is rejected; he is to serve life with a minimum of 23 years. September 2016: Wagner is charged again with murder. June 12, 2017: Wagner's trial begins. June 28, 2017: Wagner is convicted of murder and given a life sentence with a minimum of 16 years. 'I remember sitting in the room as Bendou described murdering Christophe in graphic detail and by this point I know his family and it's heartbreaking to listen to. 'You've got to have this professional attitude, but I remember the room closing in on me and I started feeling a bit queasy. 'I said to my colleague who's a highly experienced murder investigator ''How do you sit there and listen to that?' 'He said 'I've dealt with death all my life in the job but I've never had anybody sit there and tell me, as if I'm telling you how to make a cake, how they killed somebody with a hammer and a knife and how they coerced him into being in that position. 'It's actually quite unusual to get somebody to openly admit how they killed somebody.' Eventually, the exhaustive second investigation concluded and Wagner was convicted of murder and jailed for 16 years on June 28, 2017. The jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict. Christophe's three murderers were all finally in prison. Steve, who has a career spanning 30 years of murders across London and the North West, says it's one of the most unusual cases he's worked on. 'As a standalone single victim, what Christophe went through is absolutely horrendous. Plus the dynamic between the three of them is just definitely the weirdest thing I've ever been involved in," he said. For Anton, he was just glad the family finally had closure. 'I always felt that this was a story that needed to be told so that there was some legacy for the family, for the victim, and that they were remembered," he said. 'It's a case that will stay with me for a long time. I've left the police this year and I retired in order to help tell this story. 'If it hadn't have been for Bendou coming forward, I think Christophe would still be there to this day, I'm convinced of it. 'And if somebody had written this story as a drama purely fictitious, you'd say 'No it's too far-fetched, I don't get the plot line'. 'Truth is always stranger than fiction and in 32 years of policing I've seen the worst of people and I've seen the best of people and this case went from one polar opposite to the other. 'But the stoicism and the strength of Christophe's family and the lengths which police officers dedicated their time and effort to seeking justice really stay with me from this case." Murder in Concrete will be streaming on Prime Video from August 31
