Wednesday, August 28, 2024 -Three men, Joshua Oladele, Micah Hines and Ali Alamiri, have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the m8rder of a 25-year-old man in London, United Kingdom.
Hamza Iqbal was k!lled on Wembley
Way by the men who chased him down and stabbed him 23 times in a devastating
revenge attack.
Iqbal was with friends at around 11pm
on September 24 last year when they were suddenly attacked by three youths
wielding machetes.
The trio, all aged 21, were carrying out a
revenge attack on behalf of 28-year-old Dontae Smicle, who had been st@bbed 11
days earlier.
On Wednesday, August 28, 2024, the three attackers were jailed for life for
Hamza's murder but Snaresbrook Crown Court heard that Smicle has fled the
country.
Hamza’s grieving family described him as a
family man and the joker of the household.
One of six children, Hamza’s siblings said:
“Although mum would never admit it, he was the favourite.”
They said: “Hamza was football crazy.
Although he wasn’t the best at playing he was obsessed with Arsenal and never
missed a game.
On the day he was murdered, Hamza had
watched the North London Derby.
Later that evening he was in Wembley Way
when their group was spotted by Smicle, who believed they were responsible for
an attack on him on September 13
Judge Rosa Dean, Honorary Recorder of
Redbridge, said the attack took place against the background of a gang
territory dispute.
Smicle phoned Oladele, who had worked as a
drug runner since he was 13, then picked the trio up and drove them to the
area.
After exiting the car wearing hoodies and
balaclavas, the three attackers were seen by an eye-witness in a huddle hyping
each other up.
When Hamza and his friends saw the
attackers they ran. Oladele chased Hamza while Hines and Alamiri chased
others.
Judge Dean said Alamiri slashed at one
man’s legs and described it as a “miracle” that the man escaped
"Hamza was not so lucky,” Judge Dean
said.
Oladele chased down Hamza whilst st@bbing
him, then continued to st@b him nine more times while he lay defenceless on the
ground.
Hines then joined in the brutal attack,
stabbing Hamza three more times.
Judge Dean said: “I’m sorry to add to his
family’s distress by spelling out the obvious truth, but he must have been in
absolute terror as he was stabbed again and again
Hamza was pronounced dead at Northwick Park
Hospital around an hour later.
His family said no words can capture how
they felt when they got the call that night.
“You never think something like this will
ever happen to your own family, so you keep repeating he’s ok, he’s ok, they
can’t take him yet he’s just a baby, nobody would ever want to hurt
Hamza.”
They described how the hardest part is
seeing their mum’s face every day knowing she will never be the same.
“There’s an empty void, an empty seat at
the dinner table,” they said.
The three attackers made their getaway in
Smicle’s car but Oladele and Hines were arrested a few days later in Woolwich,
where they were hiding out, while Alamiri was arrested at his home
address.
At trial the trio, who are all from
Wembley, claimed they were just trying to scare Hamza’s group and were only
doing it because they were instructed by Smicle, who they were scared of.
Sentencing the trio, Judge Dean said: “This
was a punishment killing carried out by you as a group. I hope you are sorry
for what you have done. It is too early to say if you are.
"None of you during the trial have
shown any pity or a word of apology for your actions. Everything you have done
has been to try to save yourselves and minimise your responsibility. I will
accept that the plan was Dontae Smicle’s but you were all ready and willing to
execute it.”
They were each sentenced to life in prison,
Oladele with a minimum of 28 years, Hines with a minimum of 25 years and
Alamiri with a minimum of 24 years.
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