Makwana quickly progressed and he soon left Radio Northwick Park to work for AA Roadwatch providing travel bulletins for the BBC.

In 1997 Makwana moved to 100.7 Heart FM to present a variety of different shows on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings using just his christian name as his on air brand.

At approximately 4.20 am on 9 February 2004, a group of teenagers broke into Makwana's house at Wasperton Close in Castle Bromwich, Solihull in an effort to steal the keys to his BMW parked outside.

[8] Following a trial at Leicester Crown Court in December 2004, Brett Frewin, Matthew Jeffrey, Michael McGuire and Ashley Cooksey were convicted of Makwana's manslaughter and jailed for ten years.

[6] On the tenth anniversary of his death, friends and colleagues, including Heart Breakfast presenter Ed James and his BBC WM counterpart Pete Morgan, paid tribute to Makwana.