POLICE bodycam footage shows the moment a Catford killer driver lied to officers about crashing into an 89-year–old grandad.
In the video, published in full below, Kamal Cayenne-Tonge tells police that another driver hit James Darmody on Kent House Road in Sydenham.
In reality, it was the 25-year-old that smashed into the pedestrian, who died just over two weeks later in hospital, as he was crossing the street on May 11 last year.
Cayenne-Tonge was racing to overtake another vehicle when the fatal crash took place.
He was jailed for 12 years for causing death by dangerous driving at Croydon Crown Court earlier this month. His sister-in-law, Neshay Osman James, 24, who also lied to officers at the scene, was handed a suspended prison sentence and told to complete 150 hours of unpaid work.
In police bodycam footage shared with the Lewisham Letter, Cayenne-Tonge, who stopped at the scene, can be seen telling a police officer that a white Golf hit Mr Darmody.
He went on to claim the car “drove off” towards Sydenham Road after the crash, before giving his details to the officer.
Mr Darmody’s granddaughter, Martina Coady, branded the killer “cruel and callous” for lying to police.
She told the Lewisham Letter: “We were informed from very early on that the driver had lied and left the scene.
“It was an immoral act. And then to continue to lie when questioned just told us that Kamal was a cruel, callous individual who felt no remorse for my grandfather.
“When I spoke to my grandfather in hospital and told him that the fella had left him on the road and lied to the police, his words were ‘well he must be no good, girl’.“
CCTV shown at Cayenne-Tonge’s sentencing showed him chasing a white Golf in the moments before the crash.
Analysis of the footage revealed the defendant, of Scarlet Road, Catford, was driving at three times the 20mph speed limit.
Ms Coady emailed Lewisham Council in the aftermath of the smash calling for cameras or other anti-speeding measures to be set up on Kent House Road.
However, she has still not heard back from the local authority, despite a spokesman previously telling the Lewisham Letter that they would like to speak with the family.
The 36-year-old previously paid tribute to her grandad, branding him her “hero” and describing him as previously healthy, sharp as a nail and seemingly invincible even at 89.
She told the Lewisham Letter: “This was avoidable. He didn’t have to die this way and he didn’t deserve to.”