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UK: Pakistani Gang of three jailed for
killing an Iraqi Kurd, Ishmail Rashid
2.4.2008
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April
2, 2008
An Iraqi Kurd, Ishmail Rashid 42, living in
Sheffield was set upon in the street and beaten to
death by a gang of Asian men in an honour killing
because he had been sleeping with a married
Pakistani woman, a court heard.
On Tuesday, three members of the gang - brothers
Amjad and Ashraf Latif along with Ishtiaq Ahmed -
were sentenced to a total of 20-and-a-half years in
custody, after admitting their part in the "mob
violence" which broke out in Tinsley last summer.
Amjad Latif, aged 27, armed himself with part of a
roof rack from his car and hit 42-year-old Ishmail
Rashid around the head, knocking him to the ground. |
Attack victim, Ishmail Mohammad Rashid, a Kurd from
Iraq's Kurdistan |
A "sustained attack" by others in a gang of up to 20
men then followed. Ashraf Latif, 18, and Ishtiaq
Ahmed, 19, both admitted kicking him as he lay on
the ground.
Mr Rashid was found on the corner of Lifford Street
and Norborough Road and rushed to the Northern
General Hospital. He underwent several surgical
procedures on his brain but died eight days later on
July 4 from his injuries,www.ekurd.net
which a pathologist said
were consistent with being repeatedly struck with a
heavy, blunt object.
Sheffield Crown Court heard that, after the attack,
Amjad Latif - who went by the street name 'Baby' -
and Ahmed - known as 'Mushy'- visited a man called
Wayne Glover at his house in St Lawrence Road, a
place where young Pakistani men congregated.
Jeremy Baker QC, prosecuting, said: "The group
appeared to be out of breath. They clearly were
saying they had just done someone over, and they
were laughing."
The next day Amjad Latif, of St Lawrence Road,
Tinsley, returned to the house to set up an alibi
with Mr Glover to cover him for the time of the
attack.
Despite hearing Mr Rashid was in a critical
condition in hospital, he told Mr Glover the victim
had "deserved everything that was coming to him".
The court heard the gang - the rest of whom have so
far escaped justice due to a lack of information -
carried out the attack because Mr Rashid had been
having an affair with a local, married Pakistani
woman.
The "catalyst" had been when a drunk Mr Rashid had
spraypainted his nickname 'Rambo' on the front of a
local shop owned the Latif brothers' cousin. He had
also pulled out a knife when approached by the gang,
but the Recorder of Sheffield His Honour Judge Alan
Goldsack QC said Mr Rashid was "hopelessly
outnumbered and posed no real threat".
Ahmed, of St Lawrence Road - who is already serving
custodial sentences for two offences of affray and
wounding when he hit a Polish man with a brick just
two days after Mr Rashid had died - pleaded guilty
to manslaughter, and was sentenced to seven years in
a young offenders' institute.
Amjad Latif admitted manslaughter and perverting the
course of justice and was sentenced to a total of
seven-and-a-half years.
Copyright, respective author or news agency,
thestar co.uk
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