Social media influencer Mahek Bukhari was found guilty of murdering her mother’s lover and his friend in a high-speed car chase.

Her mother, Ansreen Bukhari, was also found guilty of the murders following a ruling at Leicester Crown Court on Friday.

According to reports, Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, both 21, died when their car “split in two” and caught fire after leaving the A46 dual carriageway near Leicester before hitting a tree in the early morning on February 11, 2022.

During the three-month re-trial, the court heard they were deliberately rammed off the road in an “ambush” after Mr. Hussain threatened to use a sex tape to expose his long-running affair with the influencer’s mother.

Jurors deliberated for over 28 hours before returning guilty verdicts for Bukhari, 24, and her mother on two counts of murder.

They had denied two counts of murder.

Four other people were cleared of murder, of which three were convicted of manslaughter.

Prosecutors argued that Mr. Hussain was “lured” into meeting Bukharis on the pretense of returning money spent on her during their relationship,

Instead, Mr. Hussain and Mr. Ijazuddin, who had driven his friend to Leicester for the meeting, were ambushed before being forced into a car chase that eventually led to the fatal crash.