Boy, 15, is found guilty of stabbing 17-year-old (Somali) to death in London

[AussieHustler]

Boy, 15, is found guilty of stabbing 17-year-old teenager to death behind Waitrose before fleeing on a Boris bike.

• Ayub Hassan was killed in West Kensington in a row over county lines drug deal
• The attacker, 15, fleed the scene on a Boris bike and incident caught on CCTV
• Defendant sold drugs for Ayub but fell out when he claimed takings were short
• An Old Bailey jury found the defendant guilty of murder by a majority of 11 to one.

AAyub Hassan, known as A1, was fatally knifed in the heart behind a Waitrose supermarket in Kensington, west London, in March.

A boy who stabbed a 17-year-old teenager to death before fleeing on a Boris bike in a row over county lines drug dealing has been found guilty of murder.

Ayub Hassan, known as A1, was fatally knifed in the heart behind a Waitrose supermarket in Kensington, west London, in March.

The 15-year-old attacker, who cannot be named, fled the scene as a trainee nurse rushed in to help the stricken victim, the Old Bailey heard.

The killing took place in front of a group of youths and was caught on graphic CCTV footage shown in court.

But prosecutor Anthony Orchard QC told jurors that none of the youngsters present had helped police in their investigation, or offered any explanation for what happened.

One of them was even caught on CCTV throwing the alleged murder weapon - a folding lock knife - into a nearby drain, where is was later recovered by police.

The youth who delivered the fatal wound denied murder, claiming he acted in self defence.

He told jurors he feared he was about to be stabbed by 12 World gang member Ayub for refusing to deal Class A drugs across county lines for him.

An Old Bailey jury found the defendant, now 16, guilty of murder by a majority of 11 to one.

The court heard how the defendant had been in trouble with police since he was aged just 14 - with convictions for common assault, dealing Class A drugs and possession of cannabis.

He was picked up in November 2017 when he threw a shopping basket at a TK Maxx shop assistant.

In January 2018 he was caught by an undercover police officer selling crack cocaine and heroin, which led to his conviction that October.

Giving evidence, the defendant said it led him to make a 'positive decision' to stop selling Class A drugs, although he admitted breaching a community behaviour order.

The defendant began selling cannabis but fell out with Ayub Ayub Hassan (pictured left, in an undated image taken in hospital, and right) who claimed the takings were short and he was owed £50, jurors heard

He began selling cannabis but fell out with Ayub who claimed the takings were short and he was owed £50, jurors heard.

The defendant said: 'He was counting money in a Cuckoo House (used for drug dealing). He pulled out a knife and stabbed me in my arm. It was a flick knife. I went against the wall. I grabbed my arm.'

As he described the incident in court, the boy took off his suit jacket and rolled up his sleeve to show jurors a large scar on his arm.

He said he did not go to hospital and told his parents he was injured by someone who had tried to grab his jacket.

The boy said he stopped dealing in January, but Ayub told him he still owed money and had to sell class A drugs on county lines 'to make it back'.

The court heard Ayub had also punched another boy, aged around 13, who had refused to sell drugs for him.

The defendant told jurors Ayub threatened to stab him on March 6 and again on the day of the killing after he continued to resist him.

On March 7, the youth said he had been warned Ayub was 'moving dodgy' and planning something so he picked up a knife from behind a nearby bush before going to the alleyway behind Waitrose.

Defence barrister Michael Bromley-Martin QC said: 'He threatened to stab you if you did not deal in class A drugs in county lines. Had you agreed to do that?'

The defendant said: 'No. I believed he was planning to stab me or something. I thought he would have a knife.'

The youth was shown on CCTV getting a knife out of his pocket, opening the blade and showing it to Ayub, who had a blade in his pocket.

The defendant told jurors: 'I wanted to let him know that I had it. He said it was small and could not do nothing. He said, 'I have got a big one'.

'I said 'stop trying to violate me because I'm younger than you'.'

The court heard how Ayub was linked to 'cuckooing' two addresses in Fulham - taking over the homes of vulnerable addicts for drug dealing.

He also had convictions for having an eight-inch knife in public and violent disorder, the court was told.

In September 2017, Ayub was among a group of balaclava-clad youths who chased a male armed with knives, poles and a machete.

The victim in that incident was later found lying on a footpath with a stab wound to his back, the court heard.

Ayub's grieving family and the defendant's father sat apart in the well of the court throughout the trial.

The victim's family wiped away tears as the verdict was delivered after five hours of deliberations.

Judge Anuja Dhir QC remanded the defendant into custody for sentencing on September 27.

Despite calls for silence in the public gallery, the defendant's mother called out: 'The system is flawed. The system is of man not of god.'

Judge Dhir added: 'In this case, I have been struck by the dignity shown by the family of Ayub Hassan throughout this trial.

'I know it cannot have been easy for those in court who saw some of the CCTV footage which showed the last moments of his life, the stabbing and what happened after.'

Detective Inspector Steve Keogh, of Scotland Yard, said: 'The defendant in this case came armed to cause significant violence and attacked Ayub when he was completely defenceless.

'We may never know the real reason behind this fatal stabbing, which left Ayub dying in the street, as the defendant has failed to own up to his actions.

'Ayub's death has left his family completely devastated and we hope this conviction brings them some kind of closure.

'I want to pay particular tribute to those who came to Ayub's assistance, particularly the nurse who did all she could to help him before further emergency services arrived.

'Sadly, despite the considerable efforts of many people, he could not be saved.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...year-old-aspiring-barrister-death-behind.html

GoFundMe

Building a Well for Ayub Hassan.

Salam brothers and sisters,
As you may be aware ,we lost our brother Ayub Hassan on Thursday 7th March.
Inaaliah wa ina illyahi raji'oon
He was loved by many and will be missed by many , due to his cheerful humour and the vibrant atmosphere he brought when present . Following the death of a young Muslim , the best way to increase the blessings when in the grave is by charity and constant dua:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When a man dies, his deeds come to an end except for three things: Sadaqah Jariyah (ceaseless charity); a knowledge which is beneficial, or a virtuous descendant who prays for him (for the deceased)."

As a result, this GoFundMe page has been created to allow us to donate towards a well which will be built in his name with Islamic Appeal, which will benefit him in the hereafter InshaAllah.
May Allah protect us all and ease this time of hardship for his family.


جزاک الله خیرا

Once the £600 target is achieved , any donations made after will contribute towards the payment of his funeral.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/building-a-well-for-ayub-hassan

 

[AussieHustler]

Ayub Hassan, 17, had been stabbed in his mid teens, run over and been beaten unconscious in three separate attacks since the age of 12.

The former college student from a White City housing estate was found on Thursday lunchtime lying in a pool of blood with a stab wound to his chest in a West Kensington street next to a Waitrose supermarket.

Residents in the three-storey £1 million mews houses came out with towels to stem the bleeding before he was taken to St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, where he was later pronounced dead.

His friends and relatives insisted he was a “good boy” who harboured dreams of becoming a barrister and was not linked to any gang.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/08/teenager-stabbed-death-had-three-previous-attempts-life/

 

[AussieHustler]

County lines gangs: how drug-running is fuelling knife crime.

Criminals are using violence to force vulnerable teenagers to carry drugs from London estates to the streets of Norwich.

As always, they were gathered in a large huddle in Andover Square, the tree-shaded courtyard in the middle of the estate. Another group stood nearby on the corner of Medina Road; another loitered outside the tower blocks of the Six Acres estate. “You see? They have taken over the streets,” said Fawzia Addou, one of a group of mothers escorting the Observer around the streets of Finsbury Park, north London. The mothers, dressed in disguise, were pointing out the drug-dealing spots where their sons worked.

The dealers were everywhere. Behind Rowans bowling alley, outside the newsagent’s by the tube, at the top of Finsbury Park Road. A pre-eminent location is the bus stop opposite City and Islington College.

The mothers cannot understand why the drug trade is so brazen. They say the police know all about the locations because they have repeatedly told officers.

But those who could identify their teenage sons were almost grateful. Many other children, aged under 16, have simply disappeared. Some emerge weeks later, hungry, exhausted. Some have been stabbed and are visibly traumatised.

The destabilising influence of the county lines system has helped to drive fatal stabbings to the highest levels since records began. The mounting death toll has become increasingly politicised over the past week with crisis meetings between the home secretary and police chiefs, warnings of a “national emergency” and Theresa May pledging an emergency summit on the issue.

But the controversy has changed little on the streets around the Andover estate. The mothers, all Somalis who fled their country during the civil war in the 1990s, say they have been abandoned by the state.

Many of their children, they reveal, have asked to leave London because of the violence or have been sent to Africa for their own protection. “We are refugees, if we cannot keep our children safe, we move on,” said Kameela Khalif.

Community representatives estimate that hundreds of British teenagers have left for Somaliland or Somalia – a country that in the past week has seen car bombings, US airstrikes and a deadly siege – because the UK has become too perilous.

A “hostile” strategy towards the drugs gangs, Operation Gravity, has seen 1,024 people arrested in Norfolk since November 2016. Analysis of these arrests produced a striking theme – the minority were locals. More than 800, in fact, did not have a Norfolk postcode. Of 18 girls, only three were from the county.

Further investigation found 500 gang members from London or elsewhere had recently left a criminal “footprint” inside Norfolk. “It was a bit of an eye opener,” said Sonia Humphreys, chief inspector of Norfolk Constabulary.

Most children from London arrive into Norfolk by train. Those from Finsbury Park and Islington, whose mosaic of multi-ethnic gangs include Easy Cash, Kelly Gang and Andover Boys – named after the estate – travel from King’s Cross direct to King’s Lynn. Further east across the capital a competing Somali-led gang, the Mali Boys, uses Liverpool Street station to travel direct to Norwich.

The Mali Boys, run by Somali “olders”, are symbolic of a new wave of commercially aggressive county lines operations which have attempted to gain a Norwich foothold. “Historically, we’ve seen a lot of violence when the Somalis come up,” said Humphreys.

Transport police are briefed to look out for young black children travelling alone to Norfolk, often using first class, often paying with cash. Gangs are increasingly aware such journeys can seem conspicuous.

“White British children are now being targeted because gangs perceive they are more likely to evade police detection,” states an internal Norfolk police document.

Although Norwich teenagers are increasingly joining county lines operations, recruits largely remain inner-city children exported elsewhere.

Last Wednesday, another seven Somali mothers gathered inside an Islington community centre to discuss their “lost generation”. Rakhia Ismail, deputy mayor of Islington and a councillor for Holloway Road, is counselling 15 mothers who have lost sons to county lines and has dozens more terrified about trafficking.

Addou, part of a network of 13 parents whose children have been taken by drug gangs, estimated that half – possibly as much of 70% – of Islington’s Somali community had been directly impacted by knife crime and county lines. “The ones not affected are worried because they’re next,” she said.

Addou’s son has been found in King’s Lynn four times. Groomed by gangs in a football park outside his school, the first time he disappeared she traced him to a local dealer. “He said that he couldn’t come home until Tuesday. They were holding him.” She sent the 15-year-old to Somalia then Kenya.

Sahra Amburo, a prominent member of N4’s Somali community, told how her 15-year-old was top of his class, a risk factor in itself because gangs target the most intelligent or popular, knowing friends will follow.

Her son vanished one Sunday afternoon in 2017. After obtaining his phone records, she tracked him to Essex where he was being held by a group of dealers. She flew him immediately to Somaliland. “I took him away otherwise he would have been killed because they knew our address,” she said.

Another described how she learned her 16-year-old son had been taken to Hemel Hempstead. She paste

over. “Straightaway he said ‘please take me away from this country’.”

Last Wednesday, a new development tormented the group. One of their sons, aged 19, who had been sent to Kenya for safety, was being enticed by a gang via Snapchat to return to N4. “The drug dealers want him. If he returns I will lose him,” said Iana Ali. On Friday, she flew to Mombasa to persuade him to stay.

When a teenager was fatally stabbed earlier this year, 300 metres from the centre, the deceased’s 15-year-old Somali friend was told he was next. Within two days his mother put him on a one-way ticket to Mogadishu. “Now he’s walking the land, living free,” she said.

All the mothers have learned that county lines necessitates violence. Exploited children hoping to rise up the criminal foodchain must exhibit escalating brutality. Nick Davison, assistant chief constable of Norfolk Constabulary, outlined the concept of “ultra-violence” where younger recruits maintain status by executing acts of increasingly outrageous savagery.

Beatings turn to stabbings in the buttock, then the chest, the face. “If you don’t, you become vulnerable to becoming a victim of that behaviour,” said Davison.

Internal police documents confirm endemic violence – “85% of forces report knives referenced in relation to county lines intelligence, 74% report firearms referenced”.

Children who attempt to escape are tortured. A 16-year-old reported missing from London was found by Norfolk police in possession of a 6in kitchen knife and 30 wraps of drugs. In custody they also discovered his body was covered with scarring “consistent with having been burnt with boiling liquid”.

And the gangs have long memories. The mother who rescued her child from Hemel Hempstead allowed him to return to London in November 2017, assuming he would be safe. Within days of arriving he was stabbed in the stomach, his assailant wiggling the blade inside the body to cause maximum harm. After 40 days in hospital he returned home and has not left since. “Both my sons are too scared to leave the house,” she said.

The family has received no counselling or trauma aftercare.

Others take drastic measures. One London gang member, stabbed multiple times, turned to religion to escape. Norfolk officers subsequently discovered he had travelled to fight in Syria.


1,024 Total number of people arrested in Norfolk since 2016

500 Number of gang members who left criminal footprint in Norfolk

70% of Islington’s Somalis are affected by knife crime and county lines


Edited version, more on;

https://www.theguardian.com/society...es-drug-gangs-fuel-knife-crime-london-norfolk

 

[Farhiya 687]

County lines gangs: how drug-running is fuelling knife crime.

Criminals are using violence to force vulnerable teenagers to carry drugs from London estates to the streets of Norwich.

As always, they were gathered in a large huddle in Andover Square, the tree-shaded courtyard in the middle of the estate. Another group stood nearby on the corner of Medina Road; another loitered outside the tower blocks of the Six Acres estate. “You see? They have taken over the streets,” said Fawzia Addou, one of a group of mothers escorting the Observer around the streets of Finsbury Park, north London. The mothers, dressed in disguise, were pointing out the drug-dealing spots where their sons worked.

The dealers were everywhere. Behind Rowans bowling alley, outside the newsagent’s by the tube, at the top of Finsbury Park Road. A pre-eminent location is the bus stop opposite City and Islington College.

The mothers cannot understand why the drug trade is so brazen. They say the police know all about the locations because they have repeatedly told officers.

But those who could identify their teenage sons were almost grateful. Many other children, aged under 16, have simply disappeared. Some emerge weeks later, hungry, exhausted. Some have been stabbed and are visibly traumatised.

The destabilising influence of the county lines system has helped to drive fatal stabbings to the highest levels since records began. The mounting death toll has become increasingly politicised over the past week with crisis meetings between the home secretary and police chiefs, warnings of a “national emergency” and Theresa May pledging an emergency summit on the issue.

But the controversy has changed little on the streets around the Andover estate. The mothers, all Somalis who fled their country during the civil war in the 1990s, say they have been abandoned by the state.

Many of their children, they reveal, have asked to leave London because of the violence or have been sent to Africa for their own protection. “We are refugees, if we cannot keep our children safe, we move on,” said Kameela Khalif.

Community representatives estimate that hundreds of British teenagers have left for Somaliland or Somalia – a country that in the past week has seen car bombings, US airstrikes and a deadly siege – because the UK has become too perilous.

A “hostile” strategy towards the drugs gangs, Operation Gravity, has seen 1,024 people arrested in Norfolk since November 2016. Analysis of these arrests produced a striking theme – the minority were locals. More than 800, in fact, did not have a Norfolk postcode. Of 18 girls, only three were from the county.

Further investigation found 500 gang members from London or elsewhere had recently left a criminal “footprint” inside Norfolk. “It was a bit of an eye opener,” said Sonia Humphreys, chief inspector of Norfolk Constabulary.

Most children from London arrive into Norfolk by train. Those from Finsbury Park and Islington, whose mosaic of multi-ethnic gangs include Easy Cash, Kelly Gang and Andover Boys – named after the estate – travel from King’s Cross direct to King’s Lynn. Further east across the capital a competing Somali-led gang, the Mali Boys, uses Liverpool Street station to travel direct to Norwich.

The Mali Boys, run by Somali “olders”, are symbolic of a new wave of commercially aggressive county lines operations which have attempted to gain a Norwich foothold. “Historically, we’ve seen a lot of violence when the Somalis come up,” said Humphreys.

Transport police are briefed to look out for young black children travelling alone to Norfolk, often using first class, often paying with cash. Gangs are increasingly aware such journeys can seem conspicuous.

“White British children are now being targeted because gangs perceive they are more likely to evade police detection,” states an internal Norfolk police document.

Although Norwich teenagers are increasingly joining county lines operations, recruits largely remain inner-city children exported elsewhere.

Last Wednesday, another seven Somali mothers gathered inside an Islington community centre to discuss their “lost generation”. Rakhia Ismail, deputy mayor of Islington and a councillor for Holloway Road, is counselling 15 mothers who have lost sons to county lines and has dozens more terrified about trafficking.

Addou, part of a network of 13 parents whose children have been taken by drug gangs, estimated that half – possibly as much of 70% – of Islington’s Somali community had been directly impacted by knife crime and county lines. “The ones not affected are worried because they’re next,” she said.

Addou’s son has been found in King’s Lynn four times. Groomed by gangs in a football park outside his school, the first time he disappeared she traced him to a local dealer. “He said that he couldn’t come home until Tuesday. They were holding him.” She sent the 15-year-old to Somalia then Kenya.

Sahra Amburo, a prominent member of N4’s Somali community, told how her 15-year-old was top of his class, a risk factor in itself because gangs target the most intelligent or popular, knowing friends will follow.

Her son vanished one Sunday afternoon in 2017. After obtaining his phone records, she tracked him to Essex where he was being held by a group of dealers. She flew him immediately to Somaliland. “I took him away otherwise he would have been killed because they knew our address,” she said.

Another described how she learned her 16-year-old son had been taken to Hemel Hempstead. She paste

over. “Straightaway he said ‘please take me away from this country’.”

Last Wednesday, a new development tormented the group. One of their sons, aged 19, who had been sent to Kenya for safety, was being enticed by a gang via Snapchat to return to N4. “The drug dealers want him. If he returns I will lose him,” said Iana Ali. On Friday, she flew to Mombasa to persuade him to stay.

When a teenager was fatally stabbed earlier this year, 300 metres from the centre, the deceased’s 15-year-old Somali friend was told he was next. Within two days his mother put him on a one-way ticket to Mogadishu. “Now he’s walking the land, living free,” she said.

All the mothers have learned that county lines necessitates violence. Exploited children hoping to rise up the criminal foodchain must exhibit escalating brutality. Nick Davison, assistant chief constable of Norfolk Constabulary, outlined the concept of “ultra-violence” where younger recruits maintain status by executing acts of increasingly outrageous savagery.

Beatings turn to stabbings in the buttock, then the chest, the face. “If you don’t, you become vulnerable to becoming a victim of that behaviour,” said Davison.

Internal police documents confirm endemic violence – “85% of forces report knives referenced in relation to county lines intelligence, 74% report firearms referenced”.

Children who attempt to escape are tortured. A 16-year-old reported missing from London was found by Norfolk police in possession of a 6in kitchen knife and 30 wraps of drugs. In custody they also discovered his body was covered with scarring “consistent with having been burnt with boiling liquid”.

And the gangs have long memories. The mother who rescued her child from Hemel Hempstead allowed him to return to London in November 2017, assuming he would be safe. Within days of arriving he was stabbed in the stomach, his assailant wiggling the blade inside the body to cause maximum harm. After 40 days in hospital he returned home and has not left since. “Both my sons are too scared to leave the house,” she said.

The family has received no counselling or trauma aftercare.

Others take drastic measures. One London gang member, stabbed multiple times, turned to religion to escape. Norfolk officers subsequently discovered he had travelled to fight in Syria.


1,024 Total number of people arrested in Norfolk since 2016

500 Number of gang members who left criminal footprint in Norfolk

70% of Islington’s Somalis are affected by knife crime and county lines


Edited version, more on;

https://www.theguardian.com/society...es-drug-gangs-fuel-knife-crime-london-norfolk

Damn that’s really sad. He looked a sweet & innocenct boy AUN. Important issue for sure.

 

[AussieHustler]

Court told of how Somali gangs are involved in drugs.

the murder of Mohammed Abdi in Edinburgh last year marked the arrival of Somali gangs in Scotland, a court has been told.

The machine-gunning of the 25-year-old highlighted just how far criminals with their roots in the war-torn horn of Africa have infiltrated Scottish drug markets.

Mr Abdi - who was himself facing charges of dealing crack cocaine - died in a highly unusual gangland shooting involving an automatic weapon.

Prosecutors have now confirmed the three men who have admitted they carried out the murder - Mohamud Mohamud, 30, Cadil Huseen, 23, and Hussein Ali, 26 - were part of a Somali organised crime group.

In a dramatic move on Thursday, the three pleaded guilty to killing Mr Abdi in Duddingston last May 26. Four co-accused walked free after their not guilty pleas were accepted by the Crown.

Yesterday, advocate depute Iain McSporran, prosecuting, made it clear the murder had come after a dispute among criminals.

He said: "The Crown's position is Huseen and Ali were engaged in drug dealing and Mohamud was known to members of the group.

"There appears to have been an organised crime group consisting largely of Somalian males with London connections, operating in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

"That Mohammed Abdi was also engaged in such activities equally seems beyond doubt."

Mr McSporran told the High Court in Glasgow that a falling out between Abdi and others, including Huseen, led to two rival factions being in existence shortly before the murder.

He said: "There was a significant escalation of tensions between the groups in the days before May 26, involving threats and incidents of damage being caused to properties and a car linked to Huseen.

"It is known Abdi and Mohamed Farah were responsible for the damage caused to the house.

"Farah would appear to have come on to the scene from London about the same time as the split of the original group and joined forces with
Abdi."

Somali crime groups are known to have substantial operations in London and Birmingham and for some years have moved in the relatively lucrative drugs markets of Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

Law enforcement in Glasgow is also taking an interest in such gangs as they try to exploit the city's small African community as cover.

The gangs recruit men who arrive in Britain as brutalised teenagers after fleeing the violence in Somalia.

The sheer violence of the Duddingston incident was revealed in court yesterday.

The three accused were in a VW Sharan people carrier, according to Mr McSporran, when it was attacked by Mr Abdi and others after a short pursuit amid the dispute between the two groups.

Mr McSporran added: "As Abdi was striking the rear of the vehicle with
a baseball bat, he was undoubtedly shot with the machine pistol from within the car."

The court heard five shots were discharged from the machine gun before it jammed. Three of them hit Mr Abdi - the fatal shot was through the chest.

Mr McSporran said: "The Crown's position is the accused were engaged in a common criminal enterprise whose aim was to cause serious injury to one or more members of the rival crime group, including Abdi.

Judge Lord Turnbull will sentence all three murderers next month. He will impose life sentences and determine how long they should serve behind bars before being eligible for parole.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13160914.court-told-of-how-somali-gangs-are-involved-in-drugs/

 

[AarHawd_7]

AUN A1, Shepards Bush lost a real one that day

 

[Finesse]

AUN to all the mislead youth and for the broken hearts of Somali parents.


I feel heartbroken for all these Somali parents whose children turn to a life of crime and drugs in the land of the NHS and JSA.

The land of opportunity and freedom for Somalis.

This is NOT the "hood", your parents are not crackheads and your schools aren't garbage.

There is no excuse to be a gangbanger.

All of you middle-aged enablers who cheer this on or turn a blind-eye should be ashamed of yourselves.

Ruining our reputation even more.

 

[AussieHustler]

AUN A1, Shepards Bush lost a real one that day

@AarHawd_7

Given that Somali drug dealers only hire other juvenile Somalis therefore, it is obvious that the 15 year old killer was also a Somali, is that right? Bear in mind upon hearing the guilty verdict, his mum screamed inside the court;

"Despite calls for silence in the public gallery, the defendant's mother called out: 'The system is flawed. The system is of man not of god."

 

[Waaqo of Punt]

AUN A1, Shepards Bush lost a real one that day

AUN

That's like 20 mins away from me.

 

[Snake]

I honestly don't feel upset because it was coming sooner or later. AUN tho

 

[yas/London]

Boy, 15, is found guilty of stabbing 17-year-old teenager to death behind Waitrose before fleeing on a Boris bike.

• Ayub Hassan was killed in West Kensington in a row over county lines drug deal
• The attacker, 15, fleed the scene on a Boris bike and incident caught on CCTV
• Defendant sold drugs for Ayub but fell out when he claimed takings were short
• An Old Bailey jury found the defendant guilty of murder by a majority of 11 to one.

AAyub Hassan, known as A1, was fatally knifed in the heart behind a Waitrose supermarket in Kensington, west London, in March.

A boy who stabbed a 17-year-old teenager to death before fleeing on a Boris bike in a row over county lines drug dealing has been found guilty of murder.

Ayub Hassan, known as A1, was fatally knifed in the heart behind a Waitrose supermarket in Kensington, west London, in March.

The 15-year-old attacker, who cannot be named, fled the scene as a trainee nurse rushed in to help the stricken victim, the Old Bailey heard.

The killing took place in front of a group of youths and was caught on graphic CCTV footage shown in court.

But prosecutor Anthony Orchard QC told jurors that none of the youngsters present had helped police in their investigation, or offered any explanation for what happened.

One of them was even caught on CCTV throwing the alleged murder weapon - a folding lock knife - into a nearby drain, where is was later recovered by police.

The youth who delivered the fatal wound denied murder, claiming he acted in self defence.

He told jurors he feared he was about to be stabbed by 12 World gang member Ayub for refusing to deal Class A drugs across county lines for him.

An Old Bailey jury found the defendant, now 16, guilty of murder by a majority of 11 to one.

The court heard how the defendant had been in trouble with police since he was aged just 14 - with convictions for common assault, dealing Class A drugs and possession of cannabis.

He was picked up in November 2017 when he threw a shopping basket at a TK Maxx shop assistant.

In January 2018 he was caught by an undercover police officer selling crack cocaine and heroin, which led to his conviction that October.

Giving evidence, the defendant said it led him to make a 'positive decision' to stop selling Class A drugs, although he admitted breaching a community behaviour order.

The defendant began selling cannabis but fell out with Ayub Ayub Hassan (pictured left, in an undated image taken in hospital, and right) who claimed the takings were short and he was owed £50, jurors heard

He began selling cannabis but fell out with Ayub who claimed the takings were short and he was owed £50, jurors heard.

The defendant said: 'He was counting money in a Cuckoo House (used for drug dealing). He pulled out a knife and stabbed me in my arm. It was a flick knife. I went against the wall. I grabbed my arm.'

As he described the incident in court, the boy took off his suit jacket and rolled up his sleeve to show jurors a large scar on his arm.

He said he did not go to hospital and told his parents he was injured by someone who had tried to grab his jacket.

The boy said he stopped dealing in January, but Ayub told him he still owed money and had to sell class A drugs on county lines 'to make it back'.

The court heard Ayub had also punched another boy, aged around 13, who had refused to sell drugs for him.

The defendant told jurors Ayub threatened to stab him on March 6 and again on the day of the killing after he continued to resist him.

On March 7, the youth said he had been warned Ayub was 'moving dodgy' and planning something so he picked up a knife from behind a nearby bush before going to the alleyway behind Waitrose.

Defence barrister Michael Bromley-Martin QC said: 'He threatened to stab you if you did not deal in class A drugs in county lines. Had you agreed to do that?'

The defendant said: 'No. I believed he was planning to stab me or something. I thought he would have a knife.'

The youth was shown on CCTV getting a knife out of his pocket, opening the blade and showing it to Ayub, who had a blade in his pocket.

The defendant told jurors: 'I wanted to let him know that I had it. He said it was small and could not do nothing. He said, 'I have got a big one'.

'I said 'stop trying to violate me because I'm younger than you'.'

The court heard how Ayub was linked to 'cuckooing' two addresses in Fulham - taking over the homes of vulnerable addicts for drug dealing.

He also had convictions for having an eight-inch knife in public and violent disorder, the court was told.

In September 2017, Ayub was among a group of balaclava-clad youths who chased a male armed with knives, poles and a machete.

The victim in that incident was later found lying on a footpath with a stab wound to his back, the court heard.

Ayub's grieving family and the defendant's father sat apart in the well of the court throughout the trial.

The victim's family wiped away tears as the verdict was delivered after five hours of deliberations.

Judge Anuja Dhir QC remanded the defendant into custody for sentencing on September 27.

Despite calls for silence in the public gallery, the defendant's mother called out: 'The system is flawed. The system is of man not of god.'

Judge Dhir added: 'In this case, I have been struck by the dignity shown by the family of Ayub Hassan throughout this trial.

'I know it cannot have been easy for those in court who saw some of the CCTV footage which showed the last moments of his life, the stabbing and what happened after.'

Detective Inspector Steve Keogh, of Scotland Yard, said: 'The defendant in this case came armed to cause significant violence and attacked Ayub when he was completely defenceless.

'We may never know the real reason behind this fatal stabbing, which left Ayub dying in the street, as the defendant has failed to own up to his actions.

'Ayub's death has left his family completely devastated and we hope this conviction brings them some kind of closure.

'I want to pay particular tribute to those who came to Ayub's assistance, particularly the nurse who did all she could to help him before further emergency services arrived.

'Sadly, despite the considerable efforts of many people, he could not be saved.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...year-old-aspiring-barrister-death-behind.html

GoFundMe

Building a Well for Ayub Hassan.

Salam brothers and sisters,
As you may be aware ,we lost our brother Ayub Hassan on Thursday 7th March.
Inaaliah wa ina illyahi raji'oon
He was loved by many and will be missed by many , due to his cheerful humour and the vibrant atmosphere he brought when present . Following the death of a young Muslim , the best way to increase the blessings when in the grave is by charity and constant dua:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When a man dies, his deeds come to an end except for three things: Sadaqah Jariyah (ceaseless charity); a knowledge which is beneficial, or a virtuous descendant who prays for him (for the deceased)."

As a result, this GoFundMe page has been created to allow us to donate towards a well which will be built in his name with Islamic Appeal, which will benefit him in the hereafter InshaAllah.
May Allah protect us all and ease this time of hardship for his family.


جزاک الله خیرا

Once the £600 target is achieved , any donations made after will contribute towards the payment of his funeral.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/building-a-well-for-ayub-hassan

I honestly hate you! That’s my Barkhad Family, amus yourself mate. He’s Mother is going through a lot right about now and you want to score points on the Internet?
Dhulbahante’s in Melbourne f*ck him up royally. XX

 

[Muji]

@AarHawd_7

Given that Somali drug dealers only hire other juvenile Somalis therefore, it is obvious that the 15 year old killer was also a Somali, is that right? Bear in mind upon hearing the guilty verdict, his mum screamed inside the court;

"Despite calls for silence in the public gallery, the defendant's mother called out: 'The system is flawed. The system is of man not of god."

Madows are highly religious. Could be said by a Christian. Stop speculating

 

[AussieHustler]

It’s indicative from the Guardian article where the journalist followed several Somali mothers around the estate (ghetto) which are hotspots for drug dealings that the majority of the knife attacks are carried by Somalis against Somalis.

He’s giving the gang sign while on a hospital bed and walking in the street, it’s a sad loss for his family and in particular, for his mum, but drug dealers killing one another should be encouraged so they could cleanse their scourge from the neighbourhoods. The Somali welfare children came out of age and they want to become rich and powerful through violence. It reminds me of a country in the Horn of Africa.

 

[AussieHustler]

The mother had an idea that her son was involved in some sort of a gang because he has been attacked 4 times and has survived being knifed previously that led him to be admitted to hospital.

Gang sign

"Family friend Amina Osman laid flowers at the scene in West Kensington. She told reporters this was "the fourth attempt on his life", and that he had previously been found unconscious in a park, run over and had been stabbed on another occasion.

"He had ambitions, he was looking forward to being a barrister. He was looking forward to being a grown-up man. He was good with his words, he was very kind and handsome," Ms Osman said.

The community support worker revealed that he is one of three children - with a younger sister and brother - and that his mother Siraad collapsed with the shock of the news of his death."

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2019-03-08/three-teenagers-arrested-over-the-murder-of-ayub-hassan/

Let's call a spade a spade and protect drug dealers because they are tribally related to us.

 

[Muji]

It’s indicative from the Guardian article where the journalist followed several Somali mothers around the estate (ghetto) which are hotspots for drug dealings that the majority of the knife attacks are carried by Somalis against Somalis.

He’s giving the gang sign while on a hospital bed and walking in the street, it’s a sad loss for his family and in particular, for his mum, but drug dealers killing one another should be encouraged so they could cleanse their scourge from the neighbourhoods. The Somali welfare children came out of age and they want to become rich and powerful through violence. It reminds me of a country in the Horn of Africa.

Again stop speculating based on stupid information that doesn’t mean really much. Your turning into a tinfoil conspiracy theorist. It’s hard to take your commentary on Somali gang violence seriously when you said the victims of an islamophobic attack on an old woman were “holding an L” because you thought she was Somali. Your hatred for Somalis seems deeply engrained and personal. Time to avoid your threads

 

[AussieHustler]

Police abandoned us, say Somalis in wake of London knife killings

A wave of deadly violence has traumatised the ethnic minority community in Camden Town. Locals blame cutbacks by the Met.

The streets start emptying at dusk. “As soon as the sun goes down, the kids come out and take over,” said Abdi Ali. He gestured towards the western end of Queens Crescent, the entrance of Weedington Road, prime turf for the gang that controls this corner of Camden, north London.

“Now they are killing each other – it’s been made worse because they’ve started supplying heroin. They don’t even bother with cannabis any more,” said the 32-year-old, who works at his uncle’s grocery store, Banadir Gate.

Mohamed, who also works as a primary school teacher in the area, said when he was growing up he looked forward to five-a-side football and adventure trips that were arranged to occupy them. “They were the good old days, now they’ve got nothing. There’s nothing for them to do anymore,” he said.

A fear of being stabbed had also prevented many of the neighbourhood’s adults from confronting the youngsters who congregated in the area. Mohamed, 33, said many felt powerless.

“If an adult tries to engage with a youth, they just pull out a knife. I’ve seen that with 10-year-olds. You can’t touch them,” said Mohamed.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/25/camden-knife-killings-somalis-police-abandoned-us

Truth may hurt for a little while, but a lie hurts forever. Because of "Somali Pride", we have been lying to ourselves for too long.

 

[Jiron]

AUN

such a young life lost for nonsense, I pray for peace and end to violence.

 

[Jaydaan]

The mother had an idea that her son was involved in some sort of a gang because he has been attacked 4 times and has survived being knifed previously that led him to be admitted to hospital.

Gang sign

"Family friend Amina Osman laid flowers at the scene in West Kensington. She told reporters this was "the fourth attempt on his life", and that he had previously been found unconscious in a park, run over and had been stabbed on another occasion.

"He had ambitions, he was looking forward to being a barrister. He was looking forward to being a grown-up man. He was good with his words, he was very kind and handsome," Ms Osman said.

The community support worker revealed that he is one of three children - with a younger sister and brother - and that his mother Siraad collapsed with the shock of the news of his death."

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2019-03-08/three-teenagers-arrested-over-the-murder-of-ayub-hassan/

Let's call a spade a spade and protect drug dealers because they are tribally related to us.

Dont use this lost boy as point scoring. Your hatred for somalis is so obvious

 

[AussieHustler]

Dont use this lost boy as point scoring. Your hatred for somalis is so obvious

@Jaydaan

He lived by the knife and died by the knife. What points scoring? That’s the brutal truth.

 

[Jaydaan]

@Jaydaan

He lived by the knife and died by the knife. What points scoring? That’s the brutal truth.

We know that. We also know the people involved in knife crimes and he was not a victim. I just get sense of gloating from you. This is street life. People die and there is nothing we can do about it