A MAN who killed a father by driving into him in Rednal before creating a web of lies to cover his tracks has been jailed.
Lee Baker, aged 28, was killed on 21 July, 2025, when a car was deliberately driven into him on Ormscliffe Road.
After an earlier argument with three men, Lee and his brother, were walking along the road at 5.10pm. Michael Povey, 29, who had heard about the disagreement, drove his BMW straight into the brothers.
Fortunately, Lee’s brother managed to jump out of the way, but Lee was tragically killed after suffering traumatic head injuries.
Povey who had mounted the pavement before hitting the front wall of an address on the road, then ran off into the street to avoid being caught.
It was then his lies began as he called 999 claiming that his car had been stolen by a ‘yob’ and that he was ‘scared to go back around as someone had been hurt’.
Court case
Povey, of no fixed address, was found guilty of murder on February 6 and had pled guilty to perverting the course of public justice.
At Birmingham Crown Court yesterday (Friday) he was sentenced to a life imprisonment with a minimum sentence of 20 years.
In tribute to Lee, his family said: “We know Lee has gone and we would love to see him or hold him just one more time, but we can’t. He has been taken from us forever. He will be missed and loved forever.”
