Residents are hoping to 'rebuild' a community in Greater Manchester where parents are said to be 'too scared' to let their kids play out at local parks.
06.06.2024 - 09:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A group have been jailed after a man was stabbed to death as he sat drinking a takeaway coffee in Piccadilly Basin. Ahmed Alsharan was stabbed in the heart and pushed into a canal amid the city centre brawl.
The 33-year-old had been drinking coffee with his brother and a friend beside the Rochdale Canal near Dale Street on August 16 last year when they were approached by Mohammed Al-Enizi Hameed.
He asked: "Who are you?" Al-Enizi Hameed then issued a 'call to arms' to a group nearby, shouting: "Bring the knife - let's kill them."
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The group was caught on CCTV running to the scene before Mr Alsharan was stabbed in the heart and pushed into the water. His friend Sami Alhaj was also stabbed. He was left with wounds to his abdomen, armpit and lung.
In mobile phone footage played to Minshull Street Crown Court, Al-Enizi Hameed's group were seen shouting and gesturing at Mr Alsharan's group as he walked away clutching his side.
Mr Alsharan managed to climb out of the canal before going back to Dale Street, where he collapsed. He received open heart surgery at the scene and was rushed to hospital, but died after suffering severe brain damage. A pathologist later found he suffered a deep stab wound to his heart.
Mohammed Al-Enizi Hameed, 36; Fares Hassan, 22; Hussein Muhalhal, 20; Hussein Mouhelhel, 22; and two 17-year-old boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, went on trial at Minshull Street Crown Court. They all denied murder; attempted murder; and an alternate offence of wounding with intent.
Following a nine-week trial, jurors found Ali-Enizi Hameed and one of the 17-year-old boys guilty of murder earlier this year. Both
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