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A gang who ran one of the country’s biggest car "chop shop" rackets - including vehicles stolen in Liverpool - were linked to more than 100 stolen vehicles valued at well over £1 million.

Mohammed Nadeem, Nadeem Arshad, Zahir Hussain and Amaan Zameer snapped up damaged vehicles from salvage auctions, rated repairable write-offs, and fixed them using parts stripped from pinched cars.

The vehicles, taken during burglaries and violent carjackings, were dismantled at so-called chop shops in Birmingham before patched-up cars were sold on to unsuspecting buyers via online sales sites.

They were put back on the roads without any mechanical or safety checks and police found one VW Golf − sold to a man for just over £10,000 − had been re-fitted with airbags taken from a stolen car.

A specialist vehicle examiner concluded they would likely have failed to deploy in the event of a collision.

Detectives linked the group to 117 stolen cars, mainly taken from the West Midlands but also Liverpool, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Warwickshire and Yorkshire.

It is believed the group harvested parts and body panels from hundreds more stolen vehicles.

Police exposed the extent of the group’s criminal enterprise after a £70,000 Mercedes SL400, stolen from Solihull, in May 2017, was traced to a garage in Digbeth, central Birmingham.

The car, taken by thieves who pounced when the driver got out to knock on a friend’s door, was found inside on false plates and surrounded by a stash of car parts, body panels and number plates from 21 stolen cars.

The raid led officers to another chop shop, again in Birmingham, where 24 stolen cars had been dismantled.

Detectives discovered stolen parts were being sold by the men through two eBay accounts which had shipping addresses linked to Nadeem and co-conspirator Arshad.

West Midlands Police found another chop shop in Sparkhill after a BMW stolen from a garage forecourt in Derby was tracked to a business unit.

A Proceeds of Crime hearing in April will decide how much money the gang needs to repay.

Hussain, 31, Nadeem, 28, and 30-year-old Zameer were arrested − Nadeem after a foot chase, while Zameer was trapped down the side of a van by two neighbourhood cops who discovered the site − and parts to eight more cars uncovered inside.

Bodycam footage released today shows how a constable was pushed up against a wall by Zameer when he was trying to evade arrest.

In March, last year, a further warrant saw officers search 250 shipping containers at a storage facility in Birmingham, with 30 of them found to contain parts cut from stolen cars with one hiding eight engines and gearboxes.

Nadeem and Hussain − from Finch Road, Lozells − and 30-year-old Zameer from Gladstone Road, Sparkbrook, all admitted conspiring to handle stolen vehicles.

Arshad and Spence initially denied involvement but on the first day of their trial at Birmingham Crown Court they entered guilty pleas.

Arshad, 42, was sentenced to seven years, Nadeem to six years, Zameer was given five years and three months and Hussain received four-and-a-half years in prison.

Zameer was also given three months for assault with intent to resist arrest, to be served consecutively.

Spence, aged 34, admitted a lesser count of possessing an article in the use of fraud and received a suspended nine months sentence and ordered to do 100 hours unpaid work.

West Midlands Police Detective Inspector Hannah Whitehouse said: “This group was handling stolen cars on a huge scale… bigger than anything we’ve ever seen in the West Midlands.

"We believe hundreds of stolen vehicles have passed through their chop shops.

“It’s unclear who was stealing the cars for them but our belief is the gang was ordering stolen cars to match those they’d bought at salvage auctions.

“We know they bought around 300 salvage vehicles since 2015 from one major dealer alone − and we seized evidence showing they’d advertised 350 vehicles for sale on Gumtree and Autotrader with a combined value of £900,000.

“This group may not have been stealing cars but they were providing a very active market for car thieves and causing lots of pain and distress to motorists."

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/one-uks-biggest-chop-shop-17396169
 
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Sorry [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION], but another news item from today:

GP Manish Shah guilty of sex assaults on 23 female patients

A GP who cited Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody to instil fear in his patients about their health has been found guilty of sexually assaulting 23 women.

Manish Shah preyed on cancer concerns to carry out invasive intimate examinations for his own sexual gratification, the Old Bailey heard.

He convinced his victims to have unnecessary checks between May 2009 and June 2013.

He was convicted of 25 counts of sexual assault and assault by penetration.

Jurors acquitted 50-year-old Shah, of Romford, of five other charges.

They were told afterwards he had already been found guilty of similar allegations relating to 17 other women, bringing the total number of victims to 23.

He will be sentenced for all the offences on 7 February. The BBC's health editor Hugh Pym said it was one of the biggest cases of its kind involving one doctor.

'Took advantage'
The trial heard Shah mentioned a news story to one patient about Hollywood star Jolie having a preventative mastectomy, before asking if she would like him to examine her breasts.

In another instance involving a different complainant, he mentioned TV personality Goody - who died of cervical cancer - and advised an examination was in her best interests, it was claimed.

Prosecutor Kate Bex QC told the trial: "He took advantage of his position to persuade women to have invasive vaginal examinations, breast examinations and rectal examinations when there was absolutely no medical need for them to be conducted."

One of Shah's patients told the BBC how she became one of the GP's victims.

"He would say you need to have these sexual health tests, to make sure you're safe - you never know if somebody goes with somebody else even though you might have a safe partner," she said.

"He was just encouraging the tests along when I didn't think anything of it, I thought if a doctor suggests it you pretty much go along with it.

"He just duped so many people. He used our weaknesses and fears and took complete advantage. But not one time did I actually think he was doing anything untoward."

The NHS in London said it "extended sympathies" to the victims and added: "As soon as the allegations came to light, swift action was taken and we have supported the police throughout their investigation."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50727810
 
Sad state of affairs.

More and more Asians involved in crime with more and more going to prison.
 
Thank God I live in TheNetherlands and not in the UK. Dont want to be associated with these lowlives in any way possible.
 
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Just read Birminghamlive online, full of asians commiting crime.
Today has two stories:
First story - three 18 year olds luring gay men of gindr to a park in birmingham in bordsley green iirc and attacking the gay man and robbing them.
The boys recieved sentences from 13 years to 11 years for their homophobic attacks. MashAllah!

The second story is about a guy in Luton, smacking another guy over the head with a hammer for trying to chat up the first blokes sister in a biscuit factory that they both worked at.
The guy hit over the head died and the perpetrator ran off to america, thinking he could escape british justice. Of course he couldn't and was extradicted back to the uk and given a life sentence. MashAllah!
 
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A serving police officer is among 16 men charged with sexually exploiting girls in Halifax.

West Yorkshire Police say the men face a variety of charges over "non-recent" abuse between 2006 and 2009.

The three alleged victims are girls who were aged between 13 and 16 at the time.

The men are scheduled to appear before magistrates in Bradford on 6 January 2020.

Those charged are:

Vaqaas Abbas, 30 of Halifax. Three counts of rape and three counts of supplying a class C drug
Nadeem Adalat, 34 of Halifax. Four counts of rape and four counts of supplying a class C drug
Sajid Adalat, 43 of Halifax. One charged of rape
Vaseem Adalat, 33 of Halifax. Two counts of rape, trafficking and supply of a class C drug
Amjad Ditta aka Amjad Hussain, 35, a police constable based within West Yorkshire Police's Protective Services Operations. One count of sexual touching
Christopher Eastwood, 45 of Halifax. Two counts of rape and two counts of supplying a class C drug
Metab Islam, 46 of Halifax. Six counts of rape, six counts of supplying a class C drug, two counts of sexual assault and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
Mohammed Rizwan Iqbal, 34 of Halifax. One rape charge
Ishtiaq Latif, 32 of Halifax. One count of sexual activity with a child
Asad Mahmood, 33 of Halifax. Charged with two counts of rape, and trafficking
Arfan Mir, also known as Khalifa Mughal, 36 of Halifax. Six counts of rape, three counts of supplying a class C drug, supplying a class A drug and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
Younis Mohammed aka Younis Khan, 34 of Halifax. One rape charge, and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent
Nadeem Nassir, 39 of Halifax. One count of rape, supplying a class C drug and making threats to kill
Shahzad Nawaz, 40 of Halifax. One count of rape, supply of a class C drug and making threats to kill
Shazad Nazir, 44 of Halifax. Two counts of rape and two counts of supplying a class C drug
Sohail Zafar, 36 of Halifax. Charged with rape and supplying a class C drug


https://news.sky.com/story/police-o...ually-abusing-three-girls-in-halifax-11889807
 
Detectives have found the remains of a man who vanished in a suspected drugs murder eight months ago.

Mohammed Shah Subhani, 27, was thought to have had several thousand pounds on him when he disappeared in May.

A month later police found his car, carrying false number plates, abandoned and with bullet holes.

Police do not believe Mr Subhani was killed in his car.

The discovery of his body follows a huge forensic search which began two weeks ago in remote countryside beside the M40 motorway near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire.

Detective Inspector Noel McHugh said at the scene: "It's absolutely tragic news, but we have found Mr Subhani's remains but it gives a huge boost to our investigation to identify his killers.

"This is an isolated area and whoever left remains here must have known the landscape, they would not have stumbled across it.

"And we know that one of the suspect vehicles, a stolen black BMW X5, was seen here in the days after Mr Subhani vanished on 7 May, so we need to hear from anyone who saw that vehicle with two people in it parked up or moving around Hedgerley Lane."

Dozens of Metropolitan Police officers and vehicles have been involved in the search, cordoning off areas of woodland, causing traffic delays and prompting wild rumours about the investigation. They have been assisted by Thames Valley Police.

Police have also found shotgun cartridges, not connected to the murder, in the woods and are appealing for shooters to report anything suspicious they may have seen.

It is 15 miles from Mr Subhani's home in Hounslow, west London, where his family had not given up hope of finding him alive.

Mr Subhani's sister Quirat Subhani said: "We as a family have lost our beloved brother in the most brutal way. We have suffered severe heartache and anguish of separation over the past seven months.

"We kept our faith high and believed our beloved brother will return. It broke our hearts and shattered our world when we were told Shahs body was discovered in an abandoned woodland 15 miles from home.

"Losing our brother is the most painful thing in the world, but for our brother to be murdered in such an outrageously evil and monstrous way is beyond our thoughts.

"Someone maliciously killed the apple of our eye, turned our world upside down and dumped him in an isolated woodland for his body to never be found and decompose and for us to be left with nothing but his bones, this will haunt us for a lifetime."

So far seven men and a woman have been arrested in what police say has become a complicated investigation.

Six men were questioned on suspicion of murder or conspiracy to murder and kidnap, another for allegedly perverting the course of justice.

All the suspects, aged between 19 and 25, were released on bail or under investigation.

A grandmother, aged 67, was arrested at Heathrow on Tuesday and questioned on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, assisting an offender and making a false statement. She was later freed on bail.

Police had offered a £20,000 reward for information leading to locating Mr Subhani and the conviction of anyone involved in his disappearance.

The forensic search is expected to continue for another three weeks as police search for more evidence

https://news.sky.com/story/search-f...found-eight-months-after-he-vanished-11890601
 
Four men have been jailed for sexually abusing a vulnerable girl who was "passed around like a piece of meat".

They were found guilty earlier this week of abusing the girl, who was forced to perform sex acts in a churchyard and was raped above a shop.

One of the defendants, Mohammed Ali Sultan, 33, had previously been jailed following the Operation Chalice inquiry into child sex abuse in Telford.

An independent inquiry is ongoing into child sexual exploitation in the town.

Ali Sultan, formerly of Telford, who was convicted after the trial at Birmingham Crown Court of rape and three counts of indecent assault, has been sentenced to eight years, with an extended licence of two years. He is already serving a sentence of six years for previous sexual offences.

Shafiq Younas, 35 of Regent Street, Wellington, has been sentenced to four and half years for indecent assault, as has Amjad Hussain, 38, of Acacia Drive, Leegomery, Telford.

Mohammad Rizwan, 37, of Mafeking Road, Telford, received a prison sentence of five and a half years for the same offence.

Sentencing the men, Judge Melbourne Inman QC said they had abused a "helpless" victim, who had been groomed until she was "no longer in effective control of her own life".

Addressing the ringleader, Ali Sultan, the judge said: "The victim was clearly extremely frightened of you, and you exercised significant control over her.

"When last at liberty, you clearly attacked a number of victims over a prolonged period.

"Now the full extent of your offending is apparent, you've shown no remorse in relation to the present allegations and no insight as far as I can see into the offending.

"You remain, clearly, a very dangerous man."

The offences took place in the Telford area between 2000 and 2003, when the girl was in her early teens.

The victim said she was assaulted by other as-yet unidentified males, with the abuse continuing until she was in her mid teens.

She told the hearing how she was forced to perform sex acts and violently abused when she tried to refuse.

Jurors were told the vulnerable victim was sold for sex, first by a man named Tanveer Ahmed, who delivered for Perfect Pizza in the town and "befriended her" during a low point in her life.

Ahmed, formerly of Urban Gardens in Wellington, was not on trial alongside the other defendants, having been deported to Pakistan, the court heard.

He was jailed for two and a half years after admitting a charge of controlling a child sex abuse victim following West Mercia Police's Operation Chalice inquiry.

Prosecutor Michelle Heeley QC had said the victim was "passed around like a piece of meat for the sexual gratification of several young men".

She told police that, years after the abuse ended, she recognised photos of Ali Sultan and Ahmed from press reports on the Telford sex ring.

During the trial, the victim said no action was taken by teachers when rumours of the abuse circulated at her school and she had "lost count" of how many men she was forced to have sex with.

In response to the claims made by the defendant about her teachers, Telford & Wrekin Council said it had no further comment to make "on issues which we expect will be covered by the independent inquiry currently under way".

Det Insp Rob Rondel, of West Mercia Police, said it had been a very complex and challenging investigation.

"The victim has shown real courage and determination to see this through to its conclusion," he said.

"No doubt the heinous offences that have taken place will have a lasting impact on the victim."

Det Insp Rondel added: "This investigation was part of Operation Vapour, which continues today.

"We encourage victims of child sexual exploitation to come forward, engage with police and find support with our partner agencies."

Telford's MP, Lucy Allan, who had called for the independent inquiry to be held after claims thousands of girls may have been abused in the town since the 1980s, said: "The way that we have been able to shine a light on the issue over the last few years has encouraged others to identify what happened to them as children and for them to come forward."

A fifth defendant, Nazam Akhtar, 35, of Victoria Avenue, Wellington, was cleared of rape.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-50854290
 
Sad to see these news items but its the brutal truth that Asians are involved in crimes. Whether its more than other ethnicities as a percentage, I dont know.
 
MenInG said:
Sad to see these news items but its the brutal truth that Asians are involved in crimes. Whether its more than other ethnicities as a percentage, I dont know.
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Asians are no more prone to crime than any other ethnicity. Crime is not related to ones colour, religion or ethnicity its a product of many other things including education, poverty, backward cultural practices, lack of law etc.

I wouldn't be sad, they dont represent me or you. They will also be punished in the UK, you cant bribe police as you can in other nations.
 
I'm glad that many of the poster don't shy away from this stuff. My immediate area is slightly more representative of working class white crime (about 60%) with blacks and Asians making up the rest. But when we get closer to Birmingham, it is much more black and Asian. I think we can all agree that Asians aren't the only ones doing crime, but gang culture has permeated throughout all ethnic groups and communities, and I don't see it ending anytime soon I'm afraid.
 
Go onto the streets of London, you'll hear pretty much every teenage boy talk like a roadman.

Drill rappers are very popular as well which further promotes this type of gang culture.
 
Ronaldo7 said:
Go onto the streets of London, you'll hear pretty much every teenage boy talk like a roadman.

Drill rappers are very popular as well which further promotes this type of gang culture.
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Apologies to the mods for going slightly off topic, but this question has to be asked, what are the parents of these youths doing, surely they can see that their kids are going off the rails?
 
You could make this thread for white ppl and for black ppl. It doesn't prove anything
 
An ex-girlfriend of a Liverpool footballer has been jailed for 18 months after being convicted of funding terrorism.

Amaani Noor was found guilty of donating £34 to an organisation called The Merciful Hands via Paypal, knowing it may be used for the purposes of terrorism.

She had denied the charge and claimed she thought the cash would be used to buy food for women and children in war-torn Syria.

Noor, who had planned to join her Islamist fighter husband in Syria, and mother-of-two Victoria Webster, 28, were sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday.

Noor, of Wavertree, Liverpool, used to date Sheyi Ojo, the Liverpool winger and former England youth player who is currently on loan at Rangers.

Honorary recorder of Liverpool Judge Andrew Menary QC, while sentencing Noor, rejected the claim that the former performing arts student had set up a PayPal account in a fake name because of "considerations of modesty".

He said: "I don't accept simply that you are that modest or naive in the way you would like people to believe.

"I have no doubt your commitment to your religion is entirely genuine but sadly there is a cunning about you which you maintained during your evidence."

Webster, from Nelson in Lancashire, was jailed for 17 months after she pleaded guilty to two counts of providing money for the purposes of terrorism and one other related charge.

Serena Gates, prosecuting, said Webster donated a total of about £45 in a series of small amounts.

The trial heard that Noor, a former Miss Teen GB semi-finalist, and Webster messaged using the Telegram app and spoke about extremist terror outfits including Islamic State (IS).

Jurors were told the pair had access to video footage showing torture, beheadings and people being set on fire which the judge described as "truly shocking".

Noor also messaged a man who described himself as an independent fighter in Syria named Hakim My Love who she said she had married over a videolink.

Police searching her home in July 2018 found she had a ticket booked to travel to Turkey.

Emails believed to have been written by Noor to Hakim said: "It's been my dream to marry a fighter for a long time and my dream to be a fighter myself even longer lol."

Noor had been in a relationship with a professional footballer when she was a teenager and also had a short marriage to a preacher, the court heard.

David Gottlieb defending, said her failed relationships may have led to the offences and "sent her spinning out of the solar system".

Noor is now in a new relationship and her fiancé was in court along with her brother and mother.

Hossein Zahir, defending Webster, said she was "on a path to reform".

He added: "The ideology she thought she believed in has left her life in ruins."

https://news.sky.com/story/former-b...tballer-jailed-for-funding-terrorism-11891955
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
How come we don't see headlines in British newspapers shaming white communities for their crimes then? Particularly sex crimes?
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Every criminal that gets reported is effectively shamed.
A white sex abuse gang(most of the same family) in coventry were in the news this year, in local news, jimmy savile, epstein and associates etc. Theres been others, but the asian grooming gangs is pretty horrific, especially the number of victims involved.
 
Captain caveman said:
Every criminal that gets reported is effectively shamed.
A white sex abuse gang(most of the same family) in coventry were in the news this year, in local news, jimmy savile, epstein and associates etc. Theres been others, but the asian grooming gangs is pretty horrific, especially the number of victims involved.
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But you don't get headlines about those cases highlighting their white race as a significant factor. You yourself have just said that it was important to highlight Asians on a Pakistani forum, so why don't the same standards apply to whites?

You aren't making any sense here, you have just contradicted your earlier post on the need to shame communities specifically by race, then backtracked when I asked why that doesn't happen with whites.
 
The heartbroken family of a murdered Hounslow man have appealed to the public to come forward with information that will help detectives "unveil the faces of the monsters" who killed him.

The remains of Mohammed Shah Subhani, 27, were found by police last month following a search of woodland in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.

The father-of-one was reported missing on 7 May when he failed to return to his home in Hounslow, west London.

His disappearance triggered a murder investigation and police said they had arrested eight people, though none have been charged.

On Tuesday, Mr Subhani's family laid flowers, prayed and paid tribute to him near where his body was found off Hedgerley Lane, Beaconsfield.

His elder sister Quirat Subhani said "no one deserves" what happened to him, and that the only thing the family looks forward to is "justice".

She also begged people who were around Hedgerley Lane on 7 May to try to remember if they saw something "suspicious" or "odd".

Ms Subhani added: "It is now up to you all to help us unveil the faces of the monsters who did this and get them behind bars forever."

She continued: "Never did we think Shah would be discovered seven months later, just 15 miles away from home.

"It is beyond our imagination that something so horrific happened to our loving Shah.

"These monsters maliciously killed our brother mercilessly and disregarded his body in an isolated woodland."

Police reissued an appeal for information following the sighting of a suspect vehicle, a black BMW X5 on cloned plates of YC67 MFY, and its two occupants, "loitering" in Hedgerley Lane in the days after 7 May.

The car, which had been stolen on 8 February from Reading Road in Farnborough, Hampshire, was recovered by officers on 3 August in Hounslow.

A £20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest or conviction remains on offer, while police said the "painstaking" search of the woodland will last several more weeks.

A grandmother, aged 67, was arrested at Heathrow in December and questioned on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, assisting an offender and making a false statement. She was later freed on bail.

So far seven men and a woman have been arrested in what police say has become a complicated investigation.

Six men were questioned on suspicion of murder or conspiracy to murder and kidnap, another for allegedly perverting the course of justice.

All the suspects, aged between 19 and 25, were released on bail or under investigation.

https://news.sky.com/story/shah-sub...-make-appeal-to-find-monster-killers-11903359
 
A man who was cleared over a sword attack on police outside Buckingham Palace went on to plan a series of terror attacks, a court has heard.

Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 28, was found not guilty of a terror charge over an incident outside the palace in 2017, Woolwich Crown Court heard.

He is accused of later planning attacks on places including London's Madame Tussauds and London Pride parade.

Mr Chowdhury, of Kirkwood Road, Luton, denies the charge.

He appeared in court alongside his sister, Sneha Chowdhury, 25, who is accused of doing nothing to stop his plans.

Ms Chowdhury, of the same address, denies two charges of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism.

Woolwich Crown Court heard that, in the attack outside Buckingham Palace in August 2017, two unarmed officers suffered cuts to their hands when they fought to disarm Mr Chowdhury as he shouted repeatedly "Allahu Akbar" (God is the greatest).

Mr Chowdhury had claimed the incident outside Buckingham Palace had been an attempt at suicide.

But the prosecution told the court that after he was cleared at the Old Bailey, Mr Chowdhury bragged to undercover officers who had him under surveillance that he had deceived the jury.

He also unwittingly confided in the officers, who were working to earn his trust from January 2019, plans to target busy London tourist attractions, with Madame Tussauds and an open-top tourist bus among the potential targets discussed, prosecutor Duncan Atkinson QC said.

"Believing them to be as sincerely committed as he was, he told them of his devotion to the cause of violent Islamic extremism, the basis for this devotion and the skewed religious beliefs that underpinned it," Mr Atkinson said.

He said Mr Chowdhury was "motivated by dreams of martyrdom for the cause of Islam, and inspired by preachers of hate".

"The object was to unleash death and suffering on non-Muslim members of the public who happened to be present, using a firearm, sword and even a van as part of an attack," he said.

The prosecutor told jurors they could consider Mr Chowdhury's "assertions" to the undercover officers that he was "indeed trying to carry out a terrorist attack in 2017 and that he had deceived the earlier jury that acquitted him of it".

Mr Atkinson added: "Whatever the position in 2017, he was unquestionably preparing for terrorism in 2019."

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Madame Tussauds is a top tourist attraction famed for its waxworks of celebrities and historical figures
Mr Atkinson said Mr Chowdhury's sister had "better reason than anyone" to understand what her brother was thinking and wanting to achieve, but she did nothing to stop him.

The prosecution said Mr Chowdhury used his sister's bank account on 10 March 2019 to buy two Red Oak Bokken wooden training swords, which were delivered to their home address.

Mr Chowdhury was also able to buy a replica Glock gun and looked into firearms training, Mr Atkinson said.

He also sought to involve the undercover officers in his firearms-related training and carrying out terrorist attacks, Mr Atkinson added.

In the lead up to the Buckingham Palace incident he had made references on WhatsApp to the "Westminster jihad attacker"' Khalid Masood, who had killed five people in March 2017, and wrote it was "a good way to go".

Mr Chowdhury is charged with one count of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts, collecting information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism and of disseminating terrorist publications.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51032652
 
Mentions of Birmingham on the articles in this thread... Not surprised, when I was in Birmingham sure felt like I was in a 3rd world country.
 
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Romali_rotti said:
Mentions of Birmingham on the articles in this thread... Not surprised, when I was in Birmingham sure felt like I was in a 3rd world country.
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I feel the same when I visit Leicester which isn't too far away from Brum. The city is swarming with Indian immigrants and their offspring.
 
MenInG said:
The heartbroken family of a murdered Hounslow man have appealed to the public to come forward with information that will help detectives "unveil the faces of the monsters" who killed him.

The remains of Mohammed Shah Subhani, 27, were found by police last month following a search of woodland in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.

The father-of-one was reported missing on 7 May when he failed to return to his home in Hounslow, west London.

His disappearance triggered a murder investigation and police said they had arrested eight people, though none have been charged.

On Tuesday, Mr Subhani's family laid flowers, prayed and paid tribute to him near where his body was found off Hedgerley Lane, Beaconsfield.

His elder sister Quirat Subhani said "no one deserves" what happened to him, and that the only thing the family looks forward to is "justice".

She also begged people who were around Hedgerley Lane on 7 May to try to remember if they saw something "suspicious" or "odd".

Ms Subhani added: "It is now up to you all to help us unveil the faces of the monsters who did this and get them behind bars forever."

She continued: "Never did we think Shah would be discovered seven months later, just 15 miles away from home.

"It is beyond our imagination that something so horrific happened to our loving Shah.

"These monsters maliciously killed our brother mercilessly and disregarded his body in an isolated woodland."

Police reissued an appeal for information following the sighting of a suspect vehicle, a black BMW X5 on cloned plates of YC67 MFY, and its two occupants, "loitering" in Hedgerley Lane in the days after 7 May.

The car, which had been stolen on 8 February from Reading Road in Farnborough, Hampshire, was recovered by officers on 3 August in Hounslow.

A £20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest or conviction remains on offer, while police said the "painstaking" search of the woodland will last several more weeks.

A grandmother, aged 67, was arrested at Heathrow in December and questioned on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, assisting an offender and making a false statement. She was later freed on bail.

So far seven men and a woman have been arrested in what police say has become a complicated investigation.

Six men were questioned on suspicion of murder or conspiracy to murder and kidnap, another for allegedly perverting the course of justice.

All the suspects, aged between 19 and 25, were released on bail or under investigation.

https://news.sky.com/story/shah-sub...-make-appeal-to-find-monster-killers-11903359
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Regarding this case, being myself from Hounslow and unfortunately still knowing a lot of undesirables from the area, the word on the street is that the guy murdered and his brother were heavily involved in local drug dealing and also were also police informants responsible for snitching on a lot of the local competition so had to be dealt with.
 
Salman said:
Regarding this case, being myself from Hounslow and unfortunately still knowing a lot of undesirables from the area, the word on the street is that the guy murdered and his brother were heavily involved in local drug dealing and also were also police informants responsible for snitching on a lot of the local competition so had to be dealt with.
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Very sad regardless for the family.
 
Romali_rotti said:
Mentions of Birmingham on the articles in this thread... Not surprised, when I was in Birmingham sure felt like I was in a 3rd world country.
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Leicester, London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, just some of the cities where Asians of MANY backgrounds have created a mess.
 
Romali_rotti said:
Mentions of Birmingham on the articles in this thread... Not surprised, when I was in Birmingham sure felt like I was in a 3rd world country.
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The Indians of Handsworth need to a class in how to live in the modern western world, agreed :)
 
Sharon Beshenivsky: Man wanted over British policewoman's death arrested in Pakistan

A man wanted in connection with the murder of a policewoman in Bradford more than 14 years ago has been arrested in Pakistan.

PC Sharon Beshenivsky had only served nine months in West Yorkshire Police when she was gunned down while responding to a robbery at a travel agent in November 2005.

The 38-year-old became the seventh female officer in Britain to be killed on duty, and her colleague PC Teresa Milburn suffered serious injuries during the same incident.

On Tuesday, police in Pakistan arrested Piran Ditta Khan in connection with the murder.

The 71-year-old appeared in court in Islamabad on Wednesday where matters relating to his extradition were discussed, and he has been remanded in custody to return to court on 29 January.

West Yorkshire Police Detective Superintendent Mark Swift said: "I would like to thank the National Crime Agency officers in Pakistan and partners who have made this arrest possible."

Mr Swift described the arrest as a "major development in this long-running investigation", and hopes Khan will be extradited to face court proceedings in the UK.

Two men, Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah and Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, have previously been sentenced to life for the murder.

PC Beshenivsky was killed on her daughter's fourth birthday.

Bradford came to a standstill for her funeral, when hundreds of officers lining the route of the cortege, and a memorial was later unveiled at the scene of her death in 2009.
https://news.sky.com/story/sharon-b...urder-of-british-policewoman-in-2005-11909249
 
I was once a victime to this crime in the mid 2000s when these Asian telephone companies in Birmingham were doing the cashback deals. First year was great but the second year is when they conned everyone.
 
Hoaxer jailed after causing bomb scare because he was going to miss his flight

Rashidul Islam called police to claim there was a bomb on his plane to buy him more time when he was stuck in traffic.

A passenger who caused a bomb scare on his own flight because he was running late has been jailed for 16 months.

Rashidul Islam was due to fly from Gatwick Airport to Morocco to see his fiancee, but his train from Cricklewood unexpectedly terminated at St Pancras.

He took a taxi from the train station in Central London but ran into further transport difficulties when the traffic was so bad he would have minutes to get through security.

The 32-year-old then decided to call police 45 minutes before the flight was due to take off and told them a bomb might be on board.

A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesman said: "Islam anonymously called police 45 minutes before his easyJet flight booking from Gatwick was due to take off, warning: 'Someone may have a bomb on the plane, you need to delay the flight'.

"The hoaxer made two further threats in the following minutes - causing crew on the 5.40pm flight to Marrakesh to be evacuated and all 147 passengers to be checked again by security.

"Luggage also had to be removed and re-screened, resulting in a three-hour delay at Britain's second busiest airport on a bank holiday weekend."

The call did buy Islam more time, but he was arrested at the gate when he got to the airport because police had tracked him as the caller.

The flight eventually took off at 8.50pm with a new cabin crew, as the original crew had exceeded their hours because of the delay.

Islam told police he had panicked about missing his flight because he could not afford another ticket.

Natalie Smith, of the CPS, said: "Rashidul Islam suggests his 999 calls were simply a misguided solution to running late and not intended to cause genuine fear.

"But the bomb hoax was intended to make authorities fear there was a genuine enough threat that they needed to search the plane.

"The consequences were so serious that flight crew had to be evacuated, passengers rechecked and luggage removed - at a cost of three extra hours on the runway and £30,000 to the airline."

Since the hoax. Islam has also been sentenced to 42 months in prison for money laundering offences, which were not connected.

Islam pleaded guilty at Lewes Crown Court to communicating false information and was also banned from Gatwick Airport.

https://news.sky.com/story/hoaxer-j...ause-he-was-going-to-miss-his-flight-11911328
 
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Know of a Pakistani boy, 18 killed with a knife in Slough outside his house.
Couple of Pakistani s been arrested
What is going on
 
Two men have been arrested after three others were stabbed to death in a clash police believe was between groups of Sikh men.

Police responded to reports of a disturbance in Elmstead Road, Seven Kings, in Ilford, east London, on Sunday at 7.38pm.

All three men were pronounced dead at the scene and the Metropolitan Police said the victims are believed to be aged in their 20s or 30s.

The two men, aged 29 and 39, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Speaking at the scene on Monday, Chief Superintendent Stephen Clayman said the suspects and the victims were all known to each other.

"We believe the groups involved are members of the Sikh community."

Officers are still contacting members of the deceased men's families, he said.

"It was a horrific scene for anyone to come across and my heart goes out to the families and those affected by it because it is unprecedented to have something like this," he said.

While they are still investigating a motive, police have ruled out terrorism, he said.

A police cordon remains in place outside Seven Kings railway station.

Local resident Lauren Marshall said she and other neighbours had gone out into Elmstead Road when they saw flashing police lights on Sunday night.

"By the time I came out, the road was blocked and there were police everywhere. It was manic. Everyone was coming out of their houses," the 26-year-old paralegal told PA.

"I've lived here my whole life and nothing like this has ever happened. It was a shock."

So far in 2020 there have been six homicides in the capital. Last year there were 149, a rise from 133 in 2018, despite a drop nationally.

https://news.sky.com/story/three-me...seven-kings-area-of-northeast-london-11913108
 
Abdullah said:
Know of a Pakistani boy, 18 killed with a knife in Slough outside his house.
Couple of Pakistani s been arrested
What is going on
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Not sure what you mean Are pakistanis and asians supposed to be free of criminality and violence?

They are human like everyone else in the world and will commit crime too
 
Zaz said:
Not sure what you mean Are pakistanis and asians supposed to be free of criminality and violence?

They are human like everyone else in the world and will commit crime too
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Agreed and I dont think there are stats that support that anyways.
 
Witnesses have described the "horrific" aftermath of violence that saw three men stabbed to death in a residential street.

A fight between groups of Sikh men in Ilford, east London on Sunday evening escalated into a fatal clash, according to police.

Officers responded to reports of a disturbance in Elmstead Road, Seven Kings, at 7.38pm.

All three men were pronounced dead at the scene and the Metropolitan Police said the victims are believed to be aged in their 20s or 30s.

"It was just chaos, absolute chaos. It was like something out of a movie, horrific," Mr O'Donoghoe, who is originally from Middlesbrough, said of the aftermath.

He saw the ambulance service working on one person, and then realised there were another two bodies, at which point he went outside to see what was going on.

"I could see it all, one (body) to the left, two at the bottom of the stairs. It was like a bad day in Bosnia. It was pretty horrific really. I've never seen anything like it to be honest. It's like something on a movie."

Speaking at the scene, Chief Superintendent Stephen Clayman said the suspects and the victims were all known to each other.

"We believe the groups involved are members of the Sikh community," he said.

He added in a later statement: "A fight has taken place which has escalated, resulting in three people being fatally attacked."

Officers are still contacting members of the deceased men's families, he said.

"It was a horrific scene for anyone to come across and my heart goes out to the families and those affected by it, because it is unprecedented to have something like this," he said.

While they are still investigating a motive, police have ruled out terrorism, he said.

Formal identification of the victims has yet to take place, and post-mortem examinations have also yet to be arranged.

Jas Athwal, leader of Redbridge Council, said he believed it was an isolated incident.

Police and forensics officers at the scene in Seven Kings, northeast London
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Police and forensic officers at the scene in Seven Kings where the three men were stabbed
"An incident like this is unheard of within the Sikh community here in Redbridge," he said.

"I think tragically there are at least three families who are going to be in mourning and this is going to last a lifetime for the people left behind.

"We've got to look at the causes of why this happened and address those."

So far in 2020 there have been six homicides in the capital. Last year there were 149, a rise from 133 in 2018, despite a drop nationally.

https://news.sky.com/story/three-me...seven-kings-area-of-northeast-london-11913108
 
Zaz said:
Not sure what you mean Are pakistanis and asians supposed to be free of criminality and violence?

They are human like everyone else in the world and will commit crime too
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Drugs and grooming, it is not proportional representation of society. Pakistanis are overrepresenting.
Knife crime is going that way too
 
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Property pair jailed for £1m tax fraud
Two men who bought and sold over 50 properties but failed to pay nearly £1m in tax, have been jailed for more than eight years following an HMRC investigation.

Madhu Bhajanehatti, of London and Himat Chana, from Ilford, Essex, sold dozens of properties over an eight-year period, and evaded £991,000 in capital gains tax.

An HMRC investigation found that although the men disclosed some income on their self-assessment tax returns, they deliberately hid the sales of properties across London and Essex.

A specialist property taskforce set up to tackle fraud in the industry discovered the men had built up their property portfolios by using the proceeds of previous sales. Bhajanehatti evaded £650,000 in tax and Chana evaded £341,000.

Bhajanehatti admitted the fraud during a hearing at Southwark Crown Court in June 2019. Chana was convicted after trial in August 2019. Both have now been sentenced, with Bhajanehatti given a 50 months jail term and Chana sentenced to 52 months in jail.

Bhajanehatti was also ordered to pay back £190,086 in a confiscation order. He has less than three months to pay it back or he faces a further two years and six months in jail. Confiscation proceedings for Chana are on-going. If further assets are identified in the future for Bhajanehatti, they could also be confiscated.

Richard Wilkinson, assistant director, fraud investigation service, HMRC, said: ‘The duo believed they were above the law and showed a blatant disregard to their obligations by failing to declare substantial income from property sales.’
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https://www.accountancydaily.co/property-pair-jailed-ps1m-tax-fraud
 
Former stock market trader Navinder Sarao has been sentenced to a year of home detention for helping trigger a brief $1tn (£770bn) stock market crash.

Dubbed the "Hound of Hounslow" in an ironic reference to the famous "Wolf of Wall Street" fraudster, the Briton was shown leniency by a Chicago judge due to the extraordinary circumstances of his case.

But who is he - and how did he help cause markets to plunge almost 4,000 miles away?

Who is Navinder Sarao?
Now 42, Navinder Sarao is a self-taught stock market trader who helped cause panic in US markets in 2010 from a bedroom in his parents' home in Hounslow, West London.

He was arrested in 2015 for his part in the "flash crash"- in which financial markets briefly plummet in value. In this case it lasted less than an hour, wiping almost $1tn off shares before markets recovered.

Sarao then spent four months in Wandsworth prison before being extradited to the US. Unusually, he was allowed to return to the UK before sentencing, where he has been helping authorities catch other market fraudsters.

Highly intelligent, Sarao has the autism spectrum disorder Asperger's syndrome, and saw beating the markets "like winning a video game," his defence team said.

Despite the nickname, his life could not have been more different from that of the flashy "Wolf of Wall Street" trader played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2013 film. He made no ostentatious purchases and ended up losing a great deal of his money to fraudulent investors.

How did he make $40m from his bedroom?
Sarao's fortune was partly made by artificially manipulating the stock market to make money.

The "flash-crash trader" used specially adapted software to remotely trade on the Chicago Mercantile Index. He bought and sold contracts that effectively speculated on the value of the top US companies.

On this index, every time an order was placed to buy or sell, "high frequency traders" - many of them not human but computers running algorithms - would try to make their own trades milliseconds before those orders could be executed. That way, they could be the first to make money from market changes.

Sarao realised that the high frequency traders all used similar software. That made the market twitchy - like a flock of sheep, all moving in the same direction.

His software took advantage of this by placing thousands of orders before quickly cancelling or changing them, once he had created artificial demand for other traders to buy or sell that asset.

This practice - known as "spoofing" - allowed him to make genuine buy or sell orders at a profit as the price swiftly rose or fell.

By feinting one way, he could make the market move in one direction, only for the "Hound" to disappear, nip around the back of the pack and pick up a quick profit, leaving the high frequency traders with nothing.

In 2016, Sarao agreed to pay the US government $12.8m (£9.9m), the amount prosecutors said he earned from his illegal trading. Altogether, he is thought to have made a profit of about $40m (£31m) in the space of five years.

What has he been convicted of?
Sarao pleaded guilty to one count of electronic fraud, and one count of "spoofing" - which is illegal in the US.

He initially faced 22 charges, which carry a maximum sentence of 380 years.

But prosecutors ultimately decided not to push for a jail sentence, as Sarao didn't spend the money on any luxuries and had quickly lost his windfall to fraudsters.

They also took into account his autism, time in jail already served, and that he has been helpful to the government for several years since then.

How common are these types of crimes?
Potentially fairly common. Most countries, including the UK, do not specifically list spoofing as a crime. It has only been illegal in the US since 2010, with the first successful case brought against US trader Michael Coscia in 2013.

Coscia was sentenced to three years in prison for spoofing futures markets using a specially designed computer program, making an estimated $1.6m (£1.2m).

More recently, UBS, Deutsche Bank and HSBC paid a collective $46.6m (35.9m) to US regulators to settle spoofing claims.

These cases expose the sometimes blurred distinction between legal and illegal market manipulation. After all, a traders' job is to exploit mispricing in the markets - that's how they make money, although it's supposed to be because they are taking a view on the economy or on an individual stock.

What's more, algorithmic trading in itself isn't illegal: it's increasingly common practice in markets when you want to make a large volume of bets, because it allows you to move faster than a human trader ever could.

https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-51265169
 
LONDON: A man convicted of child sexual offences in the United Kingdom in the early 2000s has been extradited from Pakistan, following a successful operation led by authorities here and in Islamabad.

The Greater Manchester Police (GMP) department in a press release said 42-year-old Choudhry Ikhalaq Hussain was flown to the UK on Tuesday after he was extradited by authorities.

He was arrested in Sangla, Faisalabad, in January 2019, nearly four years after he fled the UK halfway during his trial. He has been returned to the UK to serve a 19-year term for being found guilty in April 2016 of three counts of sexual activity with a child, two counts of rape and one count of conspiracy to rape.

He is one of 10 men sentenced in 2016 for committing sexual offences against a teenage girl in Rochdale. He was part of a group of men of Pakistani, Bangla*deshi and Afghan origin who were sentenced for sexually abusing dozens of girls following an investigation centred on the town of Rochdale near Manchester. The court heard that the men groomed the girls with gifts and plied them with alcohol and drugs before forcing them to have sex with others.

The trial in the UK was launched under the umbrella of ‘Operation Doublet’ — a large-scale police investigation formed in 2012 to investigate reports of historic child sexual exploitation between 2003 and 2013, predominantly in the Rochdale area of Greater Manchester.

Hussain escaped during the trial after he was given permission to leave by the judge in 2015, when he claimed that he wanted to attend a relative’s funeral in the UK. Instead he fled to Pakistan and remained at large till last year, when he was apprehended during a joint operation of local and UK authorities.

After his extradition, Detective Superintendent Jamie Daniels, a senior investigating officer for ‘Operation Doublet’, said: “Hussain is a sexual predator who mistakenly thought he could flee to another country to live the good life, while his victim was forced to deal with the consequences of his vile actions and robbed of justice. His apprehension demonstrates that when it comes to pursuing perpetrators of child sexual exploitation, we will hunt them across the globe if necessary.”

Daniels added that Hussain’s extradition is an “overwhelmingly positive results” for the GMP as well as the National Crime Agency, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the British High Commission in Pakistan and Pakistani authorities who he said have worked in partnership with the UK for a number of years in order to catch Hussain and bring him back to the UK.

“No matter how many years have passed, we will do everything in our power to ensure dangerous predators like Hussain are caught and face up to their abhorrent crimes. I also hope it sends a clear message to those who think that they can flee to the other side of the world to avoid serving a prison sentence — we won’t stop until you are put behind bars,” Daniels said.

British High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr Christian Turner said the extradition was the latest example of the close co-operation between the UK and Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies.

“...There is no escape for those who flee from the law, even across international boundaries. Choudhry Ikhalaq Hussain will finally face jail for his terrible crimes. This is down to the hard work and excellent collaboration between Pakistan and UK authorities,” he said, lauding the FIA and Punjab police for their work.

Search operation

Earlier, Pakistani authorities launched a search for Britain’s most wanted man in child abuse cases with the help of only one photograph that had been provided to the local police.

Soon after receiving a request from the UK for his extradition, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) sought non-bailable warrants for Hussain on December 12, 2017 from the court of additional district magistrate, Islamabad, Shoaib Ali. FIA Director Shakeel Ahmed Durrani then requested the police to facilitate the execution of arrest warrant.

A police officer told Dawn that only one photograph of the convict had been provided to the local police that with the help of Special Branch of police launched the search and finally managed to find his whereabouts.

The senior officer said the convict had been hiding in a huge three-storey house in a village of Saddar, Sangla Hill. After his arrest in January last year, he was handed over to the FIA, the police officer added.

On Tuesday, Hussain was shifted to Rawalpindi amid tight security and later driven to the Islamabad International Airport by an FIA team before being handed over to Britain’s security team for extradition. He was extradited to the UK on a British Airways flight.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1531395/pakistan-extradites-sex-offender-who-fled-uk-during-trial
 
A GP has been given three life sentences for 90 sex assaults on female patients.

Manish Shah assaulted 23 women and a 15-year-old girl while working in London - carrying out invasive examinations for his own gratification.

The Old Bailey heard he used Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody as examples to frighten patients about their health.

Judge Anne Molyneux described him as a "master of deception who abused his position of power".

"You made up stories which got into heads and caused panic," she said.

Shah, from Romford, convinced his victims to have unnecessary checks between May 2009 and June 2013.

"Your behaviour was not only sexual but was driven by your desire to control and on occasions humiliate women," the judge said.

The youngest victim told the court she was left "anxious, fearful and shaking" at the prospect of visiting the doctor after being abused by Shah.

She said she felt differently about men and worried about being seen as a "sex object".

The 50-year-old doctor who claimed the assaults were "defensive medicine" was found guilty of 25 sexual offences against six victims at Mawney Medical Centre last autumn.

At an earlier trial in 2018, he was convicted of offences relating to 18 other people, bringing the total number of offences to 90 relating to 23 patients.

The court heard how Shah picked up on patients' vulnerability, because of their age or family history of cancer.

He brought up a news story about Hollywood star Jolie having a preventative mastectomy as he asked a woman if she would like him to examine her breasts.

He also mentioned Goody to another woman, saying an examination was in her best interests.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-51415001
 
A former Uber driver, cleared of launching a sword attack on police outside Buckingham Palace, has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack just months after his release.

Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 28, from Luton, had planned to target iconic tourist sites including Madame Tussauds, Piccadilly Circus and London's Pride parade, using a vehicle, knife and gun.

He was particularly fixated on the Royal Family and talked about launching an attack during the two minutes' silence on Remembrance Day.

In December 2018, Chowdhury was unanimously cleared by an Old Bailey jury of a terrorist sword attack near the gates of Buckingham Palace the year before.

That jury believed his claims that he had not intended to harm anyone and that he simply wanted to commit suicide, to be shot dead by armed police.

He had driven first to Windsor Castle and then to Buckingham Palace in search of soldiers to kill, according to the prosecution at his original trial.

A police officer was left with a gash across his hand after he tried to wrestle the sword from Chowdhury in a violent struggle.

While on remand, Chowdury drew a sketch in his prison cell of an Islamist terrorist shouting "Allahu Akbar" [God is great] as he opened fire on a police officer at the door to 10 Downing Street.

However, Chowdhury told the jury he was feeling guilty for Britain's support of the civil war in Yemen and wanted the police to shoot him dead.

He told how his mother was bipolar and he would get depressed.

But his online presence showed he had started supporting Islamic State and began posting extremist comments, claiming the Queen would burn in hell.

Scotland Yard was so concerned by his acquittal that, within a month, they had a four-man undercover team assembled and deployed to check if he was planning another attack.

Those undercover officers managed to win his trust and convince him they were sympathetic to his views, as he began boasting that he had deceived the jury in his first trial by trimming his beard and changing his appearance.

He laughed as he spoke about prison deradicalisation schemes and talked of launching an attack with another inmate as soon as that other prisoner was released.

"It's really funny, it never works. They've got the results but it never works," he said.

Chowdhury had been put on a wing at Belmarsh high security prison with some of the most dangerous terrorist prisoners, including Ahmed Hassan, who launch a failed bomb attack on a tube train at Parson's Green in 2017.

Within days of his release from prison, Chowdhury was again posting extreme comments online and even made a video of himself with a Glock air pistol.

He was released on 18 December 2018 and by 29 December he had set up an Instagram page and posted a court sketch of himself and of the police officer who had disarmed him outside Buckingham Palace.

On 8 January he posted an article on the "excellence of jihad" and on 11 January he posted a picture of the front cover of the IS magazine Dabiq.

Five days later, he made inquiries about enrolling on a firearms training course in Dorset.

Scotland Yard decided to deploy a team of undercover officers to befriend and track Chowdhury's movements, with the first officer, who used the name "Zulf", deployed on 30 January.

The undercover officers enticed Chowdhury into disclosing his plans for a second attack, initially by talking loudly about jihad in the chicken shop where he worked.

When the officers arranged to meet at a local mosque on 24 February, Chowdhury told them about his prosecution for the attempted attack at Buckingham Palace.

He told them he had "intended to kill a soldier in the name of jihad" but he had been overpowered by police officers.

Referring to his court case, he told the officers "it was a great feeling to go up against the Queen and win, a great feeling to hear the judge reading excerpts from the Koran that he himself had highlighted."

Describing his attack on Buckingham Palace, Chowdhury said he was punched unconsciousness and woke up in the back of the police van but added: "If Allah wants to take me down this path again then...".

In a conversation on 31 March last year, recorded by listening devices in a flat used by the undercover officers, Chowdhury told them he was ready to "go again".

He told the officers: "I haven't died yet, you know what I'm saying? I haven't got shahada [martyrdom] so it's even harder now subhanallah [praise god] because now I know what my family's been through.

"I should be in prison for 30 plus years," he said.

"I told them why I did it. I told them that they are filth, even in their own courts and yet after all that, every single person on the jury, Allah made them say not guilty, yeah, this is the imaan [faith], right."


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He added: "Life is short brothers, what's scary is not knowing where you're going to end up. Shahada guarantees you paradise, allahu akbar [God is great]."

He discussed targets with the undercover officers, particularly Remembrance Day and Pride, and using a gun and a vehicle, but in the end Chowdhury insisted he was going to act alone.

Commander Richard Smith, the head of Scotland Yard's Counter Terror Command, said: "Mohiussunnath Chowdhury was an extremely dangerous individual.

"He was absolutely committed to causing harm to as many people as he could. I think the evidence we collected through our covert officers and which we put before the court clearly demonstrated his murderous intent."

By 18 June, Chowdhury was heard rehearsing a knife attack with his sister, Sneha, telling her which parts of the body to attack.

Two days later, he told her: "I'm giving my notice in today. I'm doing another attack bruv".

His sister said: "Bro you're just having a down day today init. That's what it is".

But Chowdhury insisted: "No I'm serious, it's about time now".

Chowdhury and his sister were arrested on 3 July last year, three days before the annual Pride march through London to Trafalgar Square.

In his bedroom at the family home, police found a kitchen knife under the mattress, wooden training swords and slash marks on a canvas wardrobe, where he had practised stabbing techniques.

Sneha Chowdhury was convicted of one count of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism and cleared of another count of the same charge.

https://news.sky.com/story/mohiussu...ng-terror-attack-on-gay-pride-parade-11927763
 
Family grieve for 'devoted daughter' stabbed to death

The family of a young woman stabbed to death have spoken of their grief, saying their world "has been ripped apart".

Bhavini Pravin, 21, was stabbed in Leicester just after midday on Monday and police say they are still trying to work out what led to the attack.

Police have charged Jigukumar Sorthi, 23, with murder and he is being questioned in police custody.

Ms Pravin's family said in a statement: "Our world has been ripped apart by her death and we can't believe she has gone.

"A light has gone out in our lives."

They said Ms Pravin had been a "devoted daughter and sister" and was "loved by all who knew her".

"She was beautiful, kind and sweet. Our lives will never be the same without her."

Sorthi also faces a charge of possessing a bladed/sharply pointed weapon and will appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court later today.

Detective Inspector Kenny Henry said: "Our investigation into Bhavini's tragic death is ongoing and I continue to appeal to anyone who has any information about this incident to make contact with us.

"Her family are understandably devastated by her death and we owe it to them, and Bhavini, to determine exactly what happened."

https://news.sky.com/story/family-grieve-for-devoted-daughter-stabbed-to-death-11949168
 
Twenty-seven people, including a 16-year-old boy, have been arrested in connection with online child sexual exploitation in Bradford.

West Yorkshire Police said safeguarding measures have been put in place for 26 children following reports of people suspected of being in possession of indecent material or trying to contact children.

Those arrested were all males between the ages of 16 and 57 and were from different addresses across the city.

They have since been released under investigation or bailed pending further inquiries.

More than 60 devices have been seized for further investigation.

Detective Chief Inspector Alan Weekes said: "Targeted operations like these demonstrate that we take the online sexual exploitation of children in Bradford district seriously and that we will take action against offenders and safeguard those children they have attempted to exploit."

He also warned parents to regularly monitor their children's devices, especially now that many are spending more time at home.

Adrian Farley, executive member for children and families at Bradford Metropolitan District Council, added: "It's a good result that the police have made these arrests.

"It sends out a strong message to anyone thinking of committing these sorts of crimes that grooming children online will not be tolerated, particularly at this time when children are spending more time online because of the coronavirus lockdown.

"It also shows that when partners and the public let the police know of potential offences, action can and will be taken."

The arrests follow an announcement by the National Crime Agency (NCA) that more than 120 cases of Zoom calls being hacked by strangers showing images of child abuse are being investigated.

The practice is said to have increased during the coronavirus pandemic as more people turn to video calls to talk to friends and colleagues.

https://news.sky.com/story/boy-16-a...hild-sexual-exploitation-in-bradford-11991158
 
A jihadist who planned a gun and knife rampage at London tourist hotspots including Madame Tussauds has been jailed for life.

Former Uber driver Mohiussunnath Chowdhury was alleged to have desired to “unleash death and suffering” but tipped off an undercover police officer about his plans.

The 29-year-old chicken shop worker from Luton lifted weights, practised stabbing, rehearsed beheadings and booked shooting range training as he tried to procure a gun, a previous hearing at Woolwich Crown Court heard.

He was arrested three days before London’s Pride parade.

He was found guilty in February of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts, collecting information likely to be useful to someone preparing an act of terrorism and disseminating terrorist publications.

On Friday, Chowdhury was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court for life with a minimum term of 25 years.

Sentencing, Judge Andrew Lees said he was satisfied Chowdhury was “dangerous” and posed “a significant risk to members of the public of serious harm”.

He said: “The danger that you present is ongoing, it’s not possible to say when that danger will abate.”

The second charge was related to a document titled ‘guidance for doing just terror operations’ on his phone, which included instructions on how to kill people with knives.

He had previously been cleared of slashing police with a sword at Buckingham Palace while shouting “Allahu Akbar”.

Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson QC said Chowdhury wanted to “unleash death and suffering” after taking on board sermons from preachers like al Qaida’s Anwar Al-Awlaki.

During a five month operation, an undercover officer known as Mikael gained Chowdhury’s trust by saying he had a gun and would carry out his own attack soon.

“Various potential targets were discussed between the defendant and those he believed to be committed to the same cause and the same forms of violence as himself,” Atkinson said in an earlier hearing.

“The targets mentioned included Madame Tussauds in London, the gay pride parade and an attack on tourists on a London open-top tour bus.”

The court heard Chowdhury told the officer: “If you’re one man and there’s a million kuffar (unbelievers), you are free to fight them, if your intentions are clear, you’re fighting for the pleasure of Allah.

“And if you die that’s completely fine, it’s even more virtuous, you know.

“The weapons are a must, these firearms, it’s a 100%… just make sure you have clips, akhi (‘brother’), you have enough clips, know what I’m saying.”

He added: “It must be an ambush… we should be the one doing it first, they shouldn’t know what’s hit them, yeah, does that make sense?”

The court also heard Chowdhury had boasted about deceiving a jury which cleared him in an Old Bailey trial in 2018.

During the incident at Buckingham Palace, two unarmed officers received cuts to their hands.

Chowdhury said he felt “so much peace” before slashing the officers because of “guaranteed paradise”, the trial heard.

Scotland Yard’s counter terror commander Richard Smith said Chowdhury wanted “to kill and harm as many people as possible”.

But in court, defence barrister Simon Csoka QC said his client was a “pathetic little man” who sought attention and “talks and talks but doesn’t do”.

Chowdhury’s praise of the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris and soldier Lee Rigby’s murder was dismissed as “jihadi banter” and, and the court was told his weapons training came from his fascination with martial arts and weightlifting.

His sister Sneha Chowdhury, 26, who was convicted of one count of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism, is yet to be sentenced.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uber-driver-madame-tussauds-terrorist-jailed-153731865.html
 
Police are searching for three young brothers kidnapped by their father from a foster home in south London.

Detectives have appealed for any sightings of the boys and their father who they fear may have taken them abroad.

Police say the father Imran Safi, 26, may have abducted his sons because they were about to be officially adopted.

They believe he planned the kidnap with the help of others.

Eight suspects, including members of the family, have been arrested and questioned.

Mr Safi is said to have threatened the boys' foster mother with a knife before driving off with them in his distinctive red Nissan Qashqai car in Coulsdon Road, Croydon, South London, last Thursday afternoon.

Commander Jon Savell, of the Metropolitan Police, said: "We are concerned for the boys' welfare, though we don't believe there is imminent risk of harm. We would have expected to have found them by now.

"Their father used a degree of force to threaten their foster mother. She had minor injuries but she is very shaken."

Hundreds of officers have been working around the clock to locate the boys - Bilal, aged six, Ebrar, five, and three-year-old Yaseen.

Anyone with information is asked to call police.

https://news.sky.com/story/urgent-a...oster-home-by-father-in-south-london-12057804
 
Police have arrested a 13th suspect over the disappearance of three young brothers kidnapped by their father from a foster home in south London.

The 31-year-old man held by police was taken to a south London police station on suspicion of conspiracy to abduct a child.

Detectives continue to hunt for Imran Safi, who abducted his three sons Bilal, Mohammed Ebrar and Mohammed Yaseen, aged six, five and three.

On Friday, police arrested four other suspects in Ilford, also on suspicion of conspiracy to abduct children. These men have now been released on bail.

They are all thought to be known to the boys' father Imran Safi, 26, who officers believe may have abducted his sons because they were about to be officially adopted.

Detectives say the children were playing in the garden of their foster home on 20 August while their carer was in the house.

The carer told officers she heard footsteps nearby, turned around and saw Safi, who threatened her with a knife and used force to take the children.

https://news.sky.com/story/13th-arr...rothers-as-hunt-continues-for-father-12059367
 
A man who died after being shot in Stechford, Birmingham, on Friday has been named as Murtaza Nazir.

Mr Nazir was shot on Bagshaw Road in Stechford shortly before 8pm on Friday and police have launched a murder investigation.

His family released a statement through police, saying their lives would "never be the same".

They said: "Our lives shattered and hearts broken.

"As a family we are united and trying to heal, but the process won't be an easy one. As a family not only have we lost a father, husband, son, brother, we have lost our friend and protector.

"Everyone who knew him will have their own unique memory with him, and that, in these hard times, will get them through it.

"All we request is for prayers for our loved one and for any videos circulating on social media to be taken down. We do not wish to see this distressing footage. These are difficult times for us and we hope people can show compassion towards our feelings.

"We thank the police and ambulance service for their assistance and are forever grateful. To God we belong and to God we shall return. Justice will be served. If not in this life then the hereafter."

West Midlands Police have asked for any witnesses or anyone with information about the shooting to come forward.

https://news.sky.com/story/murtaza-...-friend-and-protector-after-shooting-12059519
 
MenInG said:
A man who died after being shot in Stechford, Birmingham, on Friday has been named as Murtaza Nazir.

Mr Nazir was shot on Bagshaw Road in Stechford shortly before 8pm on Friday and police have launched a murder investigation.

His family released a statement through police, saying their lives would "never be the same".

They said: "Our lives shattered and hearts broken.

"As a family we are united and trying to heal, but the process won't be an easy one. As a family not only have we lost a father, husband, son, brother, we have lost our friend and protector.

"Everyone who knew him will have their own unique memory with him, and that, in these hard times, will get them through it.

"All we request is for prayers for our loved one and for any videos circulating on social media to be taken down. We do not wish to see this distressing footage. These are difficult times for us and we hope people can show compassion towards our feelings.

"We thank the police and ambulance service for their assistance and are forever grateful. To God we belong and to God we shall return. Justice will be served. If not in this life then the hereafter."

West Midlands Police have asked for any witnesses or anyone with information about the shooting to come forward.

https://news.sky.com/story/murtaza-...-friend-and-protector-after-shooting-12059519
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Should that be in this bread, it presumes he's a criminal..
 
A "manipulative" predator, who killed two women and hid their bodies in a freezer, has been given a life sentence with a minimum term of 38 years.

Zahid Younis had subjected both victims to "very significant violence" in the days before he killed them.

The body of one of the women, Henriett Szucs, was hidden in the small, padlocked chest freezer for almost three years before it was found by police in the 36-year-old killer's flat in east London in April 2019.

Ms Szucs, 34, a Hungarian national, was last seen in August 2016 and is believed to have gone to live with Younis at his home in Canning Town.

The second victim, mother-of-three Mihrican Mustafa, 38, had not been seen since May 2018.

Both women were described by prosecutor Duncan Penny QC as "vulnerable".

He said they had been living "somewhat chaotic lives" and had been homeless for a time.

The two victims had also struggled with addiction to class-A drugs.

They were, the prosecution said, easily manipulated by a man who had a history of preying on the vulnerable.

Younis showed no emotion as the verdicts were read out, while members of Ms Mustaga's large family, who attended every day of the three-week trial, said "yes" in the public gallery.

Her older sister, Mel Mustafa, said: "Thank you God, thank you."

In a statement, Ms Mustafa's family, who called her Jan, said her death has "changed our family forever" as they said she was a "fantastic mother" who "never said anything bad about anybody...an angel".

They said they never stopped looking for her and when she did not appear at her daughter's 11th birthday, her daughter wrote that she sat in the corner "crying my eyes out looking at your pictures and reading your poems while in my head screaming, 'where are you! Please mum, come back home'."

A statement written on behalf of Ms Szucs' mother, Maria, said her murder was made even harder by it being in a country she does not know the law or court processes.

She lost touch with her daughter when she came to the UK which "only exacerbates her grief" and the fact she lay in a freezer for so long without anybody looking for her "torments Maria on a daily basis", as well as the fact she has not been able to see her body or lay her to rest, it said.

Police had been searching Younis' home after he was reported missing, when they discovered the women's remains in the freezer.

After officers noticed a strong smell and saw flies clustered around the appliance, they prised it open with a crow bar to find a large frozen shape and a foot in a grey Superman sock - which were the remain of Ms Mustafa, wrapped in a bed sheet and plastic.

The freezer was taken to a mortuary where it was X-rayed, revealing the body of another woman - Ms Szucs - who was wearing pyjamas and wrapped in a sleeping bag then plastic, which was the packaging the freezer came in.

The condition of the bodies meant it was difficult to fully examine them, but post mortems revealed the women had sustained significant injuries, with more than 50 internal and external wounds, including numerous rib fractures.

Ms Szucs had suffered severe head injuries, while Ms Mustafa's sternum and larynx had been fractured.

Detective Chief Inspector Simon Harding, the senior investigating officer on the case, said Younis was "an incredibly dangerous individual" who was both "manipulative and violent".

"We have seen throughout this trial, that he is incredibly violent to women he has formed relationships with.

"Part of his pattern is to target vulnerable women, who lead chaotic lifestyles."

The two women were known to have associated with Younis in the weeks leading up to their disappearance and personal possessions belonging to the pair were found inside his flat.

Traces of Ms Szucs' blood were found on the carpet inside the property and fingerprints belonging to Ms Mustafa were found on the oven.

At his trial, Younis outlined an elaborate set of events he claimed explained why he was innocent of murder.

He told the jury he came home one day and found Ms Szucs dead on his sofa. He claimed he panicked and hid her body in a newly purchased freezer, with the help of a local criminal.

He then testified that the same criminal and another man brought the body of Ms Mustafa to his home in May 2018 and demanded he hide that body in the freezer as well.

But the jury was told that one of the men the defendant claimed had been involved was in prison at the time of the alleged events.

The court heard how Younis bought the £169.99 freezer in cash from Curry's in Beckton on the afternoon he killed Ms Szucs "for the sole purpose" of concealing her body.

The murder trial heard how Younis was a registered sex offender, jailed twice previously for sexual activity with a child and for violence against a separate teenage girl after he was released from jail the first time.

He was jailed the first time after he married a 14-year-old girl in an Islamic ceremony at a mosque in Walthamstow, east London, in 2004.

While in prison in 2018 his electricity supply was disconnected, contributing to the decomposition of the bodies and causing a foul smell.

An electricity engineer attended on 11 April 2019 to clear the debt on the meter, next to the freezer, and noticed the bad smell which Younis tried to mask with air freshener spray.

Shortly after, Younis abandoned the property and made off before being arrested on 30 April in Kensington, west London, getting into a taxi when he told officers: "It's my house, it's my problem. No one else is involved."

Some of his former victims gave evidence in the case.

DCI Harding said: "His life is littered with lies and manipulation of people.

"His story of finding the body of Henriett and then denying that he was in a relationship with her was shown to be a lie, after letters pointing to that relationship were found in the flat."

The senior detective said Younis had shown absolutely no remorse.

"All his previous convictions show his violent and abusive behaviour towards women," DCI Harding added.

"He broke one woman's arm in three places. And some of these women came to court to give evidence and showed incredible bravery in reliving those events."

In his defence,Younis said Ms Szucs had been "obsessed" with him and that out of goodness, he would feed her when she came to visit him.

But the jury at Southwark Crown Court did not believe those assertions, finding him guilty of murdering both women.

Younis had already admitted two charges of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body.

https://news.sky.com/story/zahad-yo...found-in-freezer-in-east-london-flat-12060820
 
A mother accused of stabbing to death her five-year-old daughter at their south London home has appeared in court.

Sutha Sivanantham, 35, was charged with the murder of Sayagi Sivanantham earlier on Friday.

She appeared via video link at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court later, where she was remanded in custody.

The case was sent to the Old Bailey in central London for a hearing on Tuesday.

She and her daughter were found with knife wounds at their flat in Monarch Parade, Mitcham, on 30 June.

Sayagi was taken by ambulance to hospital but was later pronounced dead.

A subsequent post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as stab injuries.

Her mother was also taken to hospital in a critical condition.

https://news.sky.com/story/mitcham-...ith-murder-of-five-year-old-daughter-12068821
 
[MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION]

It seems not many care for this thread , yet you keep adding stories. Why?

Asians are no more likely to be criminals than blacks. There is nothing more you can say on this.

If we start a thread Blacks in UK crimes or Blacks in US crimes? This would be deemed racist by the likes of BLM.
 
Two brothers who earned £1,000 a day drug dealing kept women as 'slaves'

Two evil brothers who used women as modern day "slaves" in a drug trafficking racket which made them £1,000 a day have been jailed.

Sulman Khan, 26, and 24-year old sibling Zafran set up base in one woman's house after exploiting her mental health difficulties to ply her with free crack cocaine.

The victim, named only as Shelley in court, tried to get herself free from the brothers but was warned she, her pets and her family would be harmed if she failed to cooperate and was told: "We control you."

Two other women were also condemned to help cook and pack drugs for the gang and act as his chauffeur.

The Khans were arrested last June after a raid on their homes following a police operation into their activities.

It emerged the pair had run a drugs hotline in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, which fielded a daily average of 223 calls or text messages over one eight day period and Sulman boasted of having access to machine guns.

Both siblings were on licence having been freed from prison early last year over previous jail terms for drug dealing.

At Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, Zafran, from Rochdale and Sulman of Oldham admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine between August last year and June this year.

They were each jailed for seven-and-a-half years on Wednesday, September 23.

The pair are thought to have been out of prison for just a few weeks when resuming their drug dealing activities.

Sulman was in charge of the packing of the drugs whilst Zafran would usually collect the narcotics from his older brother for onward supply on the streets.

Sulman recruited two teenagers aged 18 and 19 who would help him with the packaging, drive him around and alert him to the presence of police.

They would also deliver dirty money from drug sales and bags for drugs.

Eventually Sulman and Zafran began moving their operation into the home of a woman who lives in Syke near Rochdale in a criminal process known as "Cuckoo-ing".

Jon Close prosecuting said the victim who had a history of drug misuse was given free cocaine then given further complimentary samples on a regular basis on condition the Khan's drugs operation was based at her home.

The brothers then "systematically took over her address" and even obtained their own door keys for the house.

Mr Close added: "Sulman brought crack cocaine to her home, would store drugs paraphernalia in her wardrobe and cook and bag up drugs in her kitchen.

"Once the drugs were bagged up up, Zafran would collect them."

Shelley, 47, tried to get rid the dealers by offering them money and her bank card but they refused saying: "We don't want your money – we want to control you."

They also threatened to damage her home, harm her dogs and made threatens towards her father and daughter.

Officers spotted Zaran driving his VW Gold in the area but had tried to give chase but he managed to shake them off. He and his brother were detained two days later at their respective homes and both gave no comment interviews.

Police recovered a mobile phone from Sulman's girlfriend, then 19, and found 2,000 messages on it relating to her contact with him.

In various messages she said she did not want "anything to do with his dirty money" but he called "paranoid" and a "grass" and said he access to a machine gun.

The court heard in April 2018 Sulman had been jailed for three years for supplying heroin and cocaine while Zafran had been given 32 months for being concerned in drug supply.

Both had other previous convictions including dishonesty and perverting justice.

Sentencing Judge John Potter told them: "Cuckooing required the remorseless exploitation of Shelley who had mental health difficulties and who was a drug user.

"You told her she need not pay for those drugs providing she allow you to control and organise your drug dealing activities from her address. You thus exerted control over her life, exploiting her and her home for your own selfish gain.

"Crack cocaine was brought to the house three to four time a week whilst scales bags and other items were stored at the property and the drugs would be bagged up in the kitchen ready for delivery.

"Control was maintained over Shelley by various means including the acquisition of her bank card, threats being made to harm her and her pets, damage to he property and implied threats to safety of her extended family.
"This was a sophisticated drug dealing operation which was no doubt designed to generated very significant profits running into many thousands of pounds. I accept there is no evidence as to lifestyle offending however both of you must have had expectation of substantial financial gain.

"This trade is one in which both of you are most familiar. You are professional drug dealers peddling harmful substances in your community which results in misery and chaos not only for those who use drugs but also for those from whom they steal to buy drugs.

"Your actions, gentlemen, are inspired by greed, selfishness and a ruthless willingness to exploit others."

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/two-brothers-who-earned-1000-22729911
 
saeedhk said:
There is a serious crime problem amongst British Pakistanis.
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What is the reason for this? There must be a reason for Pakistani Brits to contribute to the crime rate abnormally higher than any other community. If what you're saying is true.
 
A millionaire takeaway pizza chain tycoon is suspected of stealing more than £250,000 of taxpayers' cash by claiming fake Eat Out to Help Out meals, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Raheel Choudhary, who owns 61 Papa John's franchise restaurants, instructed staff to record thousands of 'phantom covers' while the Government scheme was running, according to whistleblowers and sales reports seen by the Mail.

He is the US giant's largest UK franchisee. Because these non-existent meals were classed as 'Eat Out to Help Out', the taxpayer paid half the bill.

Most of his restaurants were not even eligible for the offer – which required diners to eat in – because they were collection and delivery only.

Papa John's head office, which had told Mr Choudhary not to take part in the scheme, launched an urgent probe after being alerted by the Mail.

Last night, fraud experts warned the suspected scam was the 'tip of the iceberg', and highlighted how easily Government coronavirus schemes could be exploited, costing taxpayers billions of pounds.

Mr Choudhary promised his managers bonuses for putting in large numbers of the fake orders.

Whistleblowers say he was was driven by 'greed' as his franchises had already seen a surge in business during the first virus wave as more people ordered takeaways. Workers who raised objections were threatened with the sack or reduced hours if they spoke out.

Because there was no revenue from the fake meals, staff were told to record the 'payments' as vouchers.

Choudhary lives in a £1.6million house in Woodford Green, London. Sales reports suggest five of his branches recorded more than 1,700 Eat Out to Help Out orders, despite the fact not a single customer was recorded as having 'dined in'

Sales reports seen by the Mail suggest the number of voucher payments in five of his branches alone went from almost zero in the two months before the scheme to more than £23,000 while it was under way.

The same branches, which did not allow dining it, recorded more than 1,700 Eat Out to Help Out orders, despite the documents showing that not a single customer was recorded as having 'dined in' during this period.

Whistleblowers say this continued through most of his empire, meaning the total falsely claimed would be more than £250,000.

Our investigation also revealed:

The chef at one branch told how after arriving for one shift he was told to put 25 meals through as Eat Out to Help Out in one go, even though there were no customers in the store at the time;

In one week in his tiny Tunbridge Wells takeaway store – where there are no tables – 368 orders for the eat in offer were processed. All but five of them were for exactly £20.99. This included 49 orders in just one minute on the stroke of midnight in a store not large enough for ten people to stand in, let alone sit.
Under the scheme to boost the struggling hospitality industry, which ran Mondays to Wednesdays from August 3–31, diners got up to half of their meal free up to £10 per customer if they ate at participating restaurants.

Takeaways and deliveries were excluded.

Papa John's runs a franchise system, meaning individual franchisees such as Mr Choudhary – and not Papa John's – are responsible for the running and management of the restaurants.

Before the start of the scheme, Papa John's head office told Mr Choudhary and other franchisees not to register for Eat Out To Help Out, since the great majority of stores are takeaway and delivery only and too small for customers to eat in and socially distance.

But the Mail has spoken to four staff working for his Papa John's franchises who said he exploited the scheme to run a 'massive scam'.

Managers were promised bonuses for hitting targets of fake claims worth £500-600 a day for branches with weekly turnovers of under £10,000.

One manager said: 'It was pure greed. He didn't need extra money. His franchises were doing very well during coronavirus, because more people were ordering takeaways.

'Anyone who raised concerns got sacked or warned they would have their hours cut.

'The staff are on zero hours contracts, so they had no rights.'

Mr Choudhary's operations manager sent a message to the WhatsApp 'management group' on August 3, the day Eat Out to Help Out started, saying: 'EAT OUT SCHEME.

'We are listed as participating in this scheme but NOT PROMOTING IT so only honour those orders where customers walk in and specifically enquire as PJs [Papa John's head office] are not supporting us with this.'

In the first week of the scheme a few Eat Out to Help Out orders were put through, but early in the second week of August, Mr Choudhary told managers they needed to 'take advantage' of the offer, whistleblowers said.

He is the poster boy for the Papa John's franchise model, paraded in the media as an example of how a hard-working and determined franchisee can become a multimillionaire tycoon.

Raheel Choudhary's extraordinary rags to riches story even led the company's bosses to fly him to the US so that the global pizza chain's founder, John Schnatter, could congratulate him in person.

From humble beginnings, the 43-year-old businessman now has 61 franchises with a turnover of millions of pounds a year and a lifestyle to match.

Wearing Louis Vuitton shoes and a Rolex watch, he zips to his office in Canary Wharf in a matte grey Lamborghini before returning to his £1.6million family home in north London where a Tesla Model X and Range Rover are also parked on the driveway.

Papa John's has capitalised on his achievements and – until now – regularly highlighted his success story.

A profile of him on the website of the British Franchise Association gave a glowing account of his life, describing how he started helping in his Pakistan-born father's east London dry cleaning business before he turned ten.

At the age of 25, without any fast food experience, he opened his first Papa John's franchise in Grays, Essex, and through hard work and grit slowly built up his business empire.

He was quoted as saying: 'Running my first store was a real learning curve because I rolled my sleeves up and got to know all aspects of my business.

'I think this was the key to my success, and I would advise any new franchise owner to follow my example. If you want to be a cut above the rest, you need to earn your crust through passion and hard graft.'

In 2007 he appeared in the Daily Mail as a case study in an article about franchises.

Pictured holding pizza in one of his restaurant branches, he told the paper: 'You must excel - bog standard outlets would not survive.'

Mr Choudhary added: 'The food industry has more regulations than most, but the franchisor keeps us up to date with them, leaving us free to make money.'

The tycoon runs his business through a myriad of companies, having been a director at least 27, some for just a few months or even days before resigning.

This, they say, involved putting through fake orders. Because there was no revenue from these nonexistent customers, the 'payments' were recorded on the Papa John's computer system as being made in vouchers, something staff say they had never done before.

The Mail has seen three-quarters of the sales reports for five of his branches from June to mid-September as well as discount reports during Eat Out to Help Out.

Prior to the launch of the discount, staff said they never recorded payments as 'vouchers' and almost none appear in the reports in June and July.

But there was a massive surge in voucher payments that correlate with Eat Out to Help Out orders.

The table-free Tunbridge Wells branch in Kent took £3,902.30 Eat Out orders in the last full week of August – and £3,892.95 voucher payments.

The corresponding week in the previous month had no voucher payments.

The West Norwood branch in south London recorded just £44.96 payments in vouchers in July but £6,900.18 during the offer in August.

On September 7 – the start of the first full week after the scheme ended – Mr Choudhary's operations manager sent another message to managers in an apparent attempt to cover up the surge in voucher payments.

It said: 'Hi All, From immediate effect all cash orders to be processed as voucher until further notice. Please let your teams know.

'Everyon [sic] please confirm on this group that you understood this message.'

Our investigation comes after revelations taxpayers are facing up to £26billion loses from fast-track virus loans to small businesses that are stolen by fraudsters.

David Clarke, chairman of the Fraud Advisory Panel charity, said it showed the Government lacked the technology to stop scams.

He said: 'Money had to get out fast to save good companies devastated by the pandemic but we need advance tech in place to make sure it doesn't go to bad people.'

Michael Levi, professor of criminology at Cardiff University, said: 'The lack of checks and transparency for these schemes means there is a huge potential for abuse. You need boots on the ground to follow up on suspected scams before the money has disappeared.'

When approached, Mr Choudhary denied his stores displayed posters saying only one customer must enter at a time, despite the Mail having photos of them.

He declined to address the allegations of thousands of fake orders, but later said that the 40 of his 61 franchises that have 'seating capacity' took part in Eat Out to Help Out, which accounted for 6 per cent of his August turnover.

He added: 'All customers who benefitted from the scheme ate in store and we are confident that we were fully compliant with the criteria set by the Government.'

A spokesman for Papa John's said: 'We are investigating these allegations thoroughly and we will be extremely concerned and disappointed if they prove to be true.

'All of Papa John's UK stores are run by franchisees and we made it very clear to all franchisees that we felt it unlikely that they would be eligible to participate in Eat Out To Help Out.

'It is important that our investigation is completed fully before drawing any conclusions, but if any franchisee participated improperly in EOTHO, they will have been in breach of their franchise agreement with us, and we will require them to make things right.'

The Mail has offered to show HMRC its evidence. It said it would check claims and take action to recover any payments found to be dishonest or inaccurate.

A Treasury spokesman said: 'We targeted our unprecedented support to help those who need it most as quickly as possible and we won't apologise for this.'

A spokesman for Mr Choudhary later said that he had claimed £185,015 under Eat Out to Help Out.

She added he was 'cooperating fully' with the Papa John's GB investigation.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...anchisee-suspected-250-000-Eat-Help-scam.html
 
A drink driver reached over 140mph on the M62 while twice over the limit in a "horrifying" piece of driving.

Shek Uddin flashed at other cars, signalling them to get out of his way, as he sped down the motorway in a VW Golf after leaving a party.

A judge today slammed the 29-year-old's behaviour, and said if there had been a crash "they would've been picking up the pieces of him", branding his driving as "frighteningly dangerous".

Uddin was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court today for driving a motor vehicle dangerously and driving a motor vehicle when his alcohol level was over the limit.

Cheryl Mottram, prosecuting, told the court that officers in an unmarked police car saw Uddin travelling eastbound on the M62 at speed shortly after midnight on September 14.

Uddin, who had admitted the offences at an earlier hearing, was overtaken by the police and proceeded to flash at them to get out of the way.

Ms Mottram said: "Officers pursued and saw he flashed vehicles to move them out of the way."

The court heard Uddin, of Brynton Road, Manchester, was "close to passing cars and to hazard warning lines".

As there was no hard shoulder the officers were unable to stop the car, Ms Mottram explained.

She said that after he left the motorway officers were able to stop the VW and upon doing so could smell alcohol on his breath.

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At a police station, he returned a reading of 80 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - over twice the legal limit.

The court heard Uddin has a dangerous driving conviction from 2006 and has received custodial sentences for drugs offences in the past.

Laura Collier, defending, told the court Uddin has expressed remorse and shame.

She said the first words he said to her in their meeting were "There are no excuses for the decision I made on that day."

Ms Collier explained that Uddin accepted it was only through "luck and not judgement that he wasn't injured".

The judge interjected that if the drink driver had hit another vehicle "they would have very likely been picking up the pieces of him".

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...dential-debate-trump-seeks-a-drastic-comeback
 
Dublin: Murder investigation launched into mother and children deaths

Gardaí (Irish police) have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of the bodies of a mother and her two children at a house in Dublin.

The scene where the remains were discovered in the suburb of Rathfarnham earlier this week remains sealed off.

Seema Banu, 37, her 11-year-old daughter Asfira Syed and six-year-old son Faizan Syed were found dead in Llewellyn Court on Wednesday.

Post-mortem examinations on their bodies have now been completed.

Details are not being released for operational reasons.

It is understood the family had moved to the Republic of Ireland from India a number of years ago.

Gardaí said no arrests have been made and they were continuing to interview witnesses, conduct extensive door to door enquiries and gather and examine all relevant CCTV.

On Thursday, the children's school principal said they will be "greatly missed by all who knew them".

Orlaith Curran said staff at the Educate Together Primary School in Ballinteer were "deeply saddened by these devastating events".

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A father who caused the death of his three-year-old son while racing another motorway driver at speeds of more than 100mph has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

Israr Muhammed, 41, lost control of his 16-year-old Honda Civic while he and another driver - Adam Molloy, 29 - sped down the M62 in East Yorkshire.

At the time of the incident in July 2018, Muhammed had his two sons - aged three and eight - and his 11-year-old daughter in the vehicle, as well as his wife Safeena Ali.

The car spun across three lanes of traffic and collided with a tree on an embankment, while Molloy was able to flee the scene near the junction with the M18.

Muhammed's three-year-old son Say Han Ali - whose car seat was not secured properly - suffered catastrophic head injuries before dying.

Mrs Ali suffered major head wounds and spent months in a coma, and the couple's daughter was also left with serious facial injuries - including a fracture to her left eye socket.

Their other son was unharmed.

Sentencing Muhammed and HGV driver Molloy at Hull Crown Court on Monday, Judge David Tremberg recounted how the father had been seen driving "in an erratic and unsafe manner" for many miles before he crashed.

The judge said: "Expert assessment of the footage reveals that each of you was travelling in excess of 100mph and there were roughly 10 metres between your cars as you sped along.

"Other drivers formed the impression that you were racing and driving like idiots. I'm satisfied that you, Israr Muhammed, had a whole array of safe choices you could have made to avoid rising to the bait.

"Nobody forced you to exceed the speed limit, nobody could have done, nobody forced you to stay pig-headedly in the outside lane of the motorway because the middle lane was clear for a long stretch.

"You, Adam Molloy, elected not to give evidence at the trial. That's not surprising because no-one was forcing you to drive as you did and you could not have had an answer to why you were driving in such an aggressive and intimidating fashion at such a high speed and so close to the car ahead."

Muhammed, of Batley, West Yorkshire, was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving, two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and one count of causing death while uninsured.

Molloy, of Normanton, West Yorkshire, was also jailed for four-and-a-half years following his conviction at a trial last month of causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

The pair were also banned from driving for six years and three months each.

In a victim impact statement, Mrs Ali had urged the judge not to jail her husband: "If Israr is sentenced to jail this will have a huge impact on me and my children. I feel suicidal at the thought of him going to jail."

Andrew Semple, in mitigation for Muhammed, said he had an "unimpeachable" driving record and described him as a "loving family man, a hard worker".

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London: An Indian-origin man has been handed four life imprisonment sentences, to be served concurrently with a minimum term of 22 years and six months, after he was found guilty of four counts of attempted murder in the UK city of Leicester.

Carlos Vinodchandra Racitalal, 33, was convicted following four separate incidents, including one of which included a 10-year-old boy being stabbed, after a trial at Leicester Crown Court last week.

He was also found guilty of three counts of possession of a bladed article.

"This was an extremely complex investigation with very distressing circumstances," said Detective Inspector Tim Lindley of the Leicestershire Police force.

"Racitalal is an extremely dangerous man who had no concern, regard or remorse for any of his victims, who ranged from young children to an elderly man. Racitalal carried out his attacks with weapons including knives and a car, before then running away or driving off from the scene," he said, as he praised the "dedication and commitment" of his officers, who had worked tirelessly around the clock to gather the evidence and find the person responsible.

The judge presiding over the case also commended the officers involved in the police investigation during the sentencing hearing on Friday.

"What has struck me about this case: had there not been such a thorough and prompt police investigation, particularly regarding the work done in relation to the CCTV, the defendant would most likely still be at large - as his victims were unable to identify their attacker. In all likelihood the thoroughness of the police work on the CCTV is likely the basis upon which the jury have convicted," said Justice Thomas Linden.

All the incidents in question took place in Leicester during January this year.

Three of the offences involved victims being stabbed -the 10-year-old boy, a woman in her 30s and a man in his 70s, while one of the incidents involved a five-year-old girl being hit with a car.

The victims all required hospital treatment before being discharged later.

A large-scale investigation was launched soon after the attack on the boy, including speaking with the victim and the victim's family, carrying out CCTV analysis, forensic examination, house-to-house enquiries and issuing a public appeal for information.

During these enquiries, the suspect of the offence was further linked to two other incidents, which involved similar circumstances.

With the links being established and following additional CCTV analysis, an image of the defendant was released to the public on January 20 as part of a further public appeal. This led to Racitalal identifying himself at the local police station a few hours later, where he was arrested.

Enquiries after the arrest further linked him to a fourth incident.

During the interview following his arrest, Racitalal denied being responsible for any of the incidents, denied being in contact with any of the victims and denied being in possession of a knife.

A search was carried out in his bedroom which led to a large kitchen knife, which was wrapped in a pillowcase, being found in the bed while a yellow handled Stanley-style knife was also found in a box on the bed.

Racitalal was charged with all the offences and remanded into custody until a nine-day trial and sentencing last week. During the course of his trial for attempted murder, the court was told that there seemed to be no apparent reason behind these unprovoked attacks.

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A man has been jailed for two years after threatening to kill Theresa May with "a knife or a gun" while she was prime minister.

Wajid Shah, from Slough, who has severe learning disabilities, sent abusive emails to Ms May and five other politicians, including Labour former cabinet minister Lord Blunkett and then-immigration minister Caroline Nokes.

Baroness Lister, then-armed forces minister Mark Lancaster and his local MP, Labour's Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, were also targeted by emails Judge Philip Bartle QC described as "extremely offensive and abhorrent".

Shah, 27, said he would kill Ms May with "a knife or a gun", and called Lord Blunkett a "******** blind *******".

Mrs May, who was replaced as Conservative Party leader and prime minister by Boris Johnson in July 2019, found the email "extremely offensive, threatening and disturbing".

She was "left feeling anxious and concerned", prosecutor Barry McElduff told Southwark Crown Court, given the "explicit and repeated" threats to kill.

The court heard that Lord Blunkett found the two emails he received to be "deeply offensive and threatening".

Ms Nokes was reminded of Jo Cox - the MP murdered in 2016 - as Shah appeared to have found her constituency address, the judge said.

Baroness Lister found the contents of the email sent to her "threatening, horrible and upsetting", Mr McElduff said.

Mr Dhesi, who was Shah's constituency MP, had contact with him before regarding the citizenship test, which was "something of a theme in this case", Mr McElduff said.

After receiving four abusive emails from the defendant, which included a threat to kill, he closed his office on police advice.

The judge sentenced Shah, who he said had an IQ of 58 which is in the "extremely low range", to 24 months in jail following a six-day trial.

The jury, he said, was convinced Shah had sent the messages, which contained "vile abuse".

Further attempts to send more emails, including to Mr Johnson, were intercepted, the court heard.

Shah was convicted of six counts of sending a letter/communication or article conveying a threatening message between 27 March and 11 April after a trial at Southwark Crown Court last month.

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A Glasgow man has admitted killing his brother-in-law in a family row over a dog.

Hashim Uddin, 28, stabbed Omer Sadiq during a confrontation at Uddin's home in Pollok in September 2020.

Mr Sadiq had gone to the flat with his wife, Uddin's sister, after it emerged Uddin was planning to leave his wife Iqraa Malik.

But the 32-year-old was struck twice with a hunting knife, dying later in hospital from the fatal injuries.

Uddin was accused of murdering Mr Sadiq but prosecutors accepted his guilty plea to the lesser charge of culpable homicide.

The High Court in Glasgow heard that there had been claims Uddin was having an affair.

On the day of the killing - 15 September - Uddin called his mother-in-law to tell her he was leaving his wife.

Sadiq had told a relative he would go to Uddin's home and "everything would be fine".

Prosecutor Leanne McQuillan said what then exactly happened at the flat was unclear.

'Frightened of the dog'

She said: "Sadiq and his wife made their way to the property with their dog.

"They were allowed entry, but Uddin and his wife were unhappy that they had brought the dog as they were frightened of it.

"They were asked to leave it outside, but it was brought in."

The court heard there was then an "altercation" between the men.

Other relatives also turned up and Uddin's mother ended up badly injured.

Uddin was heard yelling: "Who are you bringing a dog into my house?"

A "stressed" Uddin was ushered away before Sadiq and his wife left the flat.

But, as the couple drove away, Sadiq discovered he was bleeding heavily.

Miss McQuillan said: "They became stuck in traffic and Sadiq flagged down a passing police car for assistance.

"He told officers he thought he was dying."

It was found Sadiq had two stab wounds. He was rushed to hospital but never recovered.

After the killing, Uddin told a friend: "I've done something. I cannot tell you right now.

"Stay away from my house and Pollokshields. There is police everywhere."

Later that night, Uddin then told a woman Sadiq's dog had been "barking at the baby" and that an argument followed.

He said Sadiq had a weapon before Uddin got a knife and stabbed him.

Miss McQuillan: "He told her that he had ruined everything."

After handing himself into police on 1 October, he claimed to have been acting in self-defence.

The advocate depute told the hearing the guilty plea was accepted on the basis Uddin struck Sadiq twice with the knife during the end of the row at the flat.

'Intimidated by his past'

Uddin's QC Thomas Ross said: "He was in his house and was confronted by Mr Sadiq.

"To some extent he was intimidated by him given what he knew about his past.

"He was with the dog and the animal, in itself, introduced an element of fear.

"It became very quickly a highly charged situation."

Lord Beckett deferred sentencing until 23 June in Edinburgh and remanded Uddin in custody.

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Fishmongers' Hall: Graduates were unlawfully killed by terrorist

Failings by state agencies contributed to the deaths of two graduates who were killed by a convicted terrorist at a prisoner rehabilitation event, a jury has found.

Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, were stabbed to death by Usman Khan at Fishmongers' Hall in November 2019.

Khan had been released from prison 11 months previously, the inquests at London's Guildhall heard.

The jury concluded that both victims had been unlawfully killed.

Jurors found there had been unacceptable management and a lack of accountability in the oversight of Khan.

They concluded there had been failures in the sharing of information between state agencies responsible for monitoring the convicted terrorist.

Deficiencies in the organisation of the event at Fishmongers' Hall, including a lack of security measures, were also found to have been a factor in the two deaths.

After the conclusions were delivered, a female member of the jury addressed the victims' families, saying: "The world lost two bright stars that dreadful day."

Khan, who was from Stafford, had been released from prison in December 2018 after spending eight years inside for planning to set up a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.

The 28-year-old stabbed Mr Merritt and Ms Jones inside the hall before he was chased along London Bridge by members of the public and shot dead by police.

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Madplayer said:
What is the reason for this? There must be a reason for Pakistani Brits to contribute to the crime rate abnormally higher than any other community. If what you're saying is true.
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We need to get away from notions that this is to do with race. The majority of Pakistanis in the UK are law abiding citizens. The common denominators here are things like poverty, deprivation, and severe lack of education.
 
hitthestump said:
We need to get away from notions that this is to do with race. The majority of Pakistanis in the UK are law abiding citizens. The common denominators here are things like poverty, deprivation, and severe lack of education.
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Indeed.

Also I'm pretty sure Asians are involved in crime in places such as other parts of Europe, USA, Canada etc.
 
The intended target of a drive-by shooting in which a law student was murdered has told Sky News in an exclusive interview he "can't believe so many people would try to kill someone over tyres".

It comes after seven men were given life sentences of up to 34 years over the killing of Aya Hachem during the botched attack in Blackburn, Lancashire, in May last year.

Pacha Khan, who was the target of the shooting orchestrated by rival businessman Feroz Suleman, says he is scared for his life and for his family.

The 31-year-old survived the attack when the hitman hired to kill him, Zamir Raja, missed and instead murdered 19-year-old Ms Hachem, who was said to be in the "wrong place at the wrong time".

Mr Khan, the owner of Quick Shine Car Wash, had angered Suleman, the boss of neighbouring RI Tyres, when his business began to sell tyres and became a direct competitor.

A bitter feud developed and Suleman ordered the execution of Mr Khan, telling his ally Ayaz Hussain to recruit an assassin.

Wearing a mask and standing outside his Quick Shine Tyres business in Blackburn, Mr Khan told Sky News: "I came to this country to better my life, like the Hachem family did. And I can't believe so many people would try to kill someone over tyres."

Mr Khan came to the UK in 2016, fleeing violence in Afghanistan. He says he hasn't been able to sleep since the day of the shooting.

Ms Hachem was shot on 17 May last year as she walked to a supermarket to buy food so her family could break their Ramadan fast that evening.

She died after a bullet entered her left shoulder, passed through her body and embedded itself in a telegraph pole.

"When the shooting took place I didn't care about my own safety, and did what I could to help Aya, which unfortunately wasn't enough," Mr Khan said.

Ms Hachem's family have visited the scene of the shooting, outside Mr Khan's tyre business.

The telegraph pole was adorned with flowers and fairy lights.

Her father Ismael Hachem pointed out where the bullet was lodged.

"Bullet hit here," he gestured, as he tied white carnations and pink roses to the pole.

Mr Hachem wiped tears away from Aya's mother's cheeks. Samar Salame sat on the floor, scattering petals and quietly saying prayers.

A few passers-by stopped to pay their respects, including former mayor Salim Mulla who promised to help the family create a lasting tribute at the scene.

The victim's brother, Ibrahim Hachem, moved from comforting one parent to the other.

"Whatever these criminals get, Aya's not coming back," he said. "We lost her."

"Every time I look at her picture, I feel like it's just happened."

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Mourners had gathered to pay their respects to Manchester criminal Clive Pinnock, known as ‘Mr Ibiza’, at Gorton Cemetery during lockdown last year when armed police were called after shots were fired.

Mohammed Umar, 24, was sentenced to six years and three months at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday for the possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, a Greater Manchester Police spokesman said.

Umar, of Broadlea Road, Burnage, had approached the group of mourners as they gathered after the ceremony at about 7pm on April 23 2020 and fired several shots from a self-loading pistol, the police said.

This is a shocking act that took place in a location considered sacred to many

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Nobody was hit and Umar fled, but was chased by some of the group as he continued to wield the weapon.

The force spokesman said the group caught up with Umar and assaulted him before officers intervened.

His injuries included black eyes and bruises and he was arrested following hospital treatment.

Police said the gun was discovered in a park bin days later.

Detective Constable Terry Macmillan said: “This is a shocking act that took place in a location considered sacred to many, where people pay respects to their loved ones who have passed.

“Thankfully, no-one in the cemetery at the time of Umar’s actions reported receiving any injuries, however Umar’s own injuries as a result of the assault proved to be relatively serious.

“Umar opened fire in such a busy, open space, showing the disregard he has not only for the law, but the safety of the general public and innocent passers-by.”

Pinnock, from Longsight, south Manchester, was killed after the Kawasaki motorbike he was riding was involved in a collision with a BMW in Manchester on April 8 2020.

In 2015, he was jailed for 11 years after stabbing two men following a row in a pub in the city.
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There needs to be targeted efforts within the mosques to get British Pakistani's away from such lifestyles. People walking around named after our beloved Prophet (PBUH) and letting off shots is a failure of our own community to guide and protect them.

Islam has all the answers to anyone who is embroiled in a criminal lifestyle imo.
 
The driver of a car which crashed killing all four occupants was twice the legal drink-drive limit and had taken drugs, an inquest has heard.

Murtza Chaudhry, 21, was driving the BMW, which was also carrying Arbaaz Hussain, 21, Zeeshan Khalid, 20 and Tayyab Siddique, 22, when it hit a tree on Toller Lane, Bradford, in 2018.

The car was being followed by police after it overtook marked and unmarked police cars at speed.

The inquest is due to last five days.

The virtual hearing, led by senior coroner Martin Fleming, heard all four men died of multiple injuries shortly after the collision at about 05:30 BST on 2 August 2018.

PC Robert Hoyle, of West Yorkshire Police, told the inquest he was in the unmarked police vehicle and watching out for a car involved in burglaries in the Wilsden area when the BMW driven by Mr Chaudhry went by.

PC Hoyle said about 65 seconds passed between the car being spotted and the crash occurring.

When asked by the coroner if the BMW looked to be slowing down at any stage, PC Hoyle responded that "it probably accelerated".

"At one point I was travelling at 100mph and it was still ahead," he said.

Sgt Benjamin Marrow, also in the unmarked car, said they followed the BMW due to the manner it was being driven - crossing the central white line and going the wrong side of a bollard - and it being a similar colour to the car thought to be involved in the Wilsden burglaries.

Asked if the blue lights and siren had an effect on the speed of the BMW, he said: "I would describe it as 'foot to the floor' and [it] kept going to get away as fast as the car would let them."

A statement from toxicologist Elizabeth Fox which was read out in court said Mr Chaudhry was found to have consumed alcohol at a level of 176mg per 100ml of blood - with the legal limit being 80mg.

He had also taken cocaine and cannabis, the inquest was told.

Det Sgt Fiona Allen told the hearing that an axe was found in the driver footwell of the BMW and a knuckleduster was on a seat, while a hammer and a second axe were found outside the car.

Mr Chaudhry was disqualified from driving at the time of the crash and was not insured to drive the vehicle, she said.

Asked by the coroner if there was any suggestion the car's occupants had been "engaging in criminality", including the burglaries, prior to the crash, she said: "From the inquiries we made, there was nothing to suggest it was linked."

Statements from the families of those who died were read out earlier in the hearing, with Mr Chaudhry's grandfather calling him "personable and well-mannered".

Mr Hussain's mother said she shared a "special bond" with her son, who she said had a "beautiful heart".

Mr Khalid was described by his mother as having a passion for sport and enjoyed cricket, boxing, tennis and badminton.

Mr Siddique's family said he was "always generous and charitable" and his son was born the January after his death.

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hitthestump said:
There needs to be targeted efforts within the mosques to get British Pakistani's away from such lifestyles. People walking around named after our beloved Prophet (PBUH) and letting off shots is a failure of our own community to guide and protect them.

Islam has all the answers to anyone who is embroiled in a criminal lifestyle imo.
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Its the parents that need to be responsible The lack of guidance and time they spend with their children growing up results in this sort of behaviour There is a culture gap between a lot parents and their children

Asian men in particular think giving birth to them and putting food on table is enough They need to be there for their children and mould them showing them right from wrong early You reap what you sow im afraid They need to have a good look at themselves Are they giving their children the best start in life?
 
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Six men have appeared in court over a crash that killed two young brothers.

Pawanveer Singh, aged 23 months, and 10-year-old Sanjay died on 14 March 2019, when their mother's BMW was involved in a collision in Wolverhampton.

Mohammed Sullaiman Khan has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

All six men were given unconditional bail to next appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 28 October.

The boys died at the scene on Birmingham New Road. Their mother was seriously injured, but was released from hospital after treatment.

The court heard the collision involved two other cars - an Audi and a Bentley.

Those charged are:

Mohammed Sullaiman Khan, 25, of Pershore Road, Edgbaston, charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving

Hamza Shahid, 34, of Newbridge Road, Birmingham, charged with dangerous driving

Mohammed Adil Khan, 33, of Newnham Road, Edgbaston, charged with perverting the course of justice

Mohammed Asim Khan, 34, of Shaftmoor Lane, Hall Green charged with perverting the course of justice

Rashane Henry, 30 of Fairway Green, Bilston, charged with assisting an offender

Tejinder Singh, 29, of Babors Field, Bilston, charged with assisting an offender
 
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A Blackburn organised crime boss whose gang stole high-performance cars worth an estimated £2.6m has been jailed.

Kashif Rafiq, also known as Anjum Nawaz, 38, of Oozehead Lane, Blackburn, was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court for eight years and nine months.

He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to steal motor vehicles.

His gang stole cars from houses in Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside using cloned keyless fobs.

The other gang members have all been jailed after a series of trials.

Police said the group was responsible for 162 burglary, theft and attempted burglary offences,

'Causing misery'
Det Sgt Darren Hankin, of Merseyside Police, said they were "sophisticated, prolific and causing misery wherever they went".

Police began investigating the organised crime gang in January last year after "an increase in residential burglaries" across Merseyside, Lancashire and Cheshire.

They were assisted by officers from Lancashire and Cheshire police forces.

A Merseyside Police spokesperson said: "The theft offences investigated were keyless entries, in which wireless key signals were cloned, enabling the offenders to open the vehicle on the driveway, start the engine and drive the vehicle away.

"This means the criminal is able to avoid having to break into homes to steal key fobs."

The high performance cars were later often recovered in Blackburn.
 
A drug dealer who flaunted his illicit wealth by pouring Champagne over Rolex watches in a nightclub has been jailed for more than 15 years.

Mansoor Kiani, 28, of Carlton Crescent, Luton, was caught after police cracked an encrypted communication system he was using to buy and sell drugs.

His trial was shown videos from the nightclub, and also of Mansoor being driven around in a Ferrari.

He was found guilty of conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine.

Kiani was arrested after Bedfordshire Police recovered data from seized servers linked to the Encrochat platform - an encrypted tool used by criminals to talk to each other.

Messages showed Kiani arranging meetings with drugs and cash couriers, co-ordinating payments to those supplying him with the drugs, and arranging codewords for use during exchanges.

During his trial at Luton Crown Court, police said the jury were shown videos of Kiani and his friends at a club in Knightsbridge, London.

He was one of the "big players" Bedfordshire Police had targeted in an operation aimed at reeling in "individuals... funding lavish lifestyles off the back of violence, exploitation and the misery of others".

"Kiani's money was made entirely from illegal activity," Det Insp Tom Stean said.

"I am sure many others will feel sick watching him parade his wealth in this video, and share my satisfaction that he is now facing a lengthy prison sentence."

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A gang of four men and two teenage boys who stabbed a man to death in an "unprovoked and violent attack" have had their sentences increased.

All six were jailed for life in June after being convicted of murdering 20-year-old Bradley Gledhill.

Mr Gledhill, from Heckmondwike, died when he and two friends were attacked by the group in Batley.

His attackers had their minimum jail terms extended following an appeal by the Attorney General.

Mr Gledhill was attacked in Park Croft on 21 June, 2020. He was stabbed repeatedly, before being punched, kicked and stamped on as he lay on the ground.

His two friends were also hit and stabbed repeatedly.

Welcoming the decision by the Court of Appeal, Det Ch Insp Vanessa Rolfe said: "The attack on Bradley and his friends was a dreadful offence in which a group of six males murdered a young man who they continued to attack even after he lay seriously injured and defenceless.

"In its judgement, the Court of Appeal concluded that the original sentencing exercise was difficult but said the sentences for these six men did not reflect the seriousness of the offending and were unduly lenient."

She said she hoped the increase would act "as a further deterrent to those who think it is acceptable to carry or use knives".

Four of the men, Usman Karolia, Ahmed Karolia, Nabeel Naseer and Irfan Hussain, were also convicted of a charge of attempted murder, while Usman Karolia was also found guilty of assault.

The sentences were increased as follows:

Usman Karolia, 20, of Lime Tree Avenue, Batley, had his minimum term of 21 years in prison increased to 27 years.
Ahmed Karolia, 24, of Lime Tree Avenue, Batley, had his minimum term of 16 years in prison increased to 21 years.
Raja Nawaz, 19, of Longfield Road, Heckmondwike, had his minimum term of 12 years in prison increased to 16 years.
Nabeel Naseer, 18, of Gordale Close, Dewsbury, had his minimum term of detention increased from 11 to 16 years.
Irfan Hussain, 17, of Church Walk, Batley, had his minimum term of detention increased from 11 to 16 years.
Nikash Hussain, 17, of Low Road, Dewsbury, had his minimum term of detention increased from 10 to 13 years.

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An online blackmailer who carried out "sickening" and "abhorrent" sexual abuse has been sentenced to 32 years in prison.

Abdul Elahi targeted almost 2,000 victims to amass images of degrading sexual acts before selling the images to paedophiles.

In some cases, women were blackmailed into abusing a baby or a sibling, with Elahi offering to pay off their debts.

He admitted 158 charges committed against 72 complainants.

He will also be subject to an eight-year extension to his normal licence period following his eventual release.

During sentencing at Birmingham Crown Court, he was described as being "in a league of his own" in terms of the scale of his online offending.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) described Elahi's abuse as some of the most "sickening sexual offending" it had ever investigated.

His victims ranged in age from eight-month-old babies to adults, it said.

Sentencing him, Judge Sarah Buckingham described the 26-year-old, formerly of Sparkhill in Birmingham, as the "very worst type of predatory offender ever identified thus far".

The court heard more than 67,000 indecent images of children had been recovered from hard drives, with victims spread across 30 or more different countries.

"There is no conceivable way of tracing and destroying all the material you have spread online, causing ongoing distress to your victims," the judge said.

"The abhorrent nature of your crimes warrants an extremely long sentence for the protection of the public."

At the start of the sentencing hearing on Wednesday, the court heard Elahi used fake personas, including those of a doctor or a wealthy stockbroker, offering financial assistance and promising to pay off debts with Bitcoin, before persuading people to send him explicit photographs.

So-called "box sets" of abusive images and videos compiled by Elahi were distributed in vast quantities, the court heard, after girls and young adults were blackmailed into providing ever more humiliating and degrading sexual material.

"Your demands increased in their viciousness, their depravity, even when your victims begged for mercy," the judge told Elahi.

"Even when you knew they were suicidal, you laughed at their distress and pain."

A series of impact statements were read to the court including that of one victim, a schoolgirl at the time of the offences.

She described trying to take an overdose after learning Elahi had uploaded her images to Twitter.

"I would say for two years this person has ruined my life, I was heartbroken. I remember my 16th birthday, I spent the night crying, I was severely depressed.

"I am trying to move on but I find it very hard, I feel that this will be with me for the rest of my life."

Another teenage victim described feeling "shaken to my soul and completely horrified that I was a part of this".

Tony Cook of the NCA said: "Abdul Elahi is a depraved sadist who got sexual gratification through power and control over his victims whom he often goaded to the point of wanting to kill themselves.

"He has wrecked lives and families."

About 550 women and female children in Britain are believed to have been targeted by Elahi, who sold one customer more than 1,000 hours of videos.

The court heard he regarded his crimes as a job. In interviews after his arrest he admitted to "trying to make as much money" as he possibly could.

The Revenge Porn Helpline said it had been working with the NCA to remove the online content for more than two and a half years and had removed 135,000 individual images.

"We hope that every person affected by this feels some small sense of closure today, we know that their priority is the removal of this content," said Sophie Mortimer, from the charity.

Co-defendant Kirsty Nicholls, 35, of Northolt, west London, who admitted working with Elahi to make indecent images of a child, was jailed for six years and nine months.

Nicholls met Elahi on a so-called sugar daddy website, targeting financially desperate women.

"You committed these offences with Elahi - your offending was motivated entirely by financial gain," the judge told Nicholls.

"The offences are so serious that only an immediate sentence of custody can follow."
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