Zombie knife killer, 18, jailed for not less than 19 years for murdering teenager in east London in ‘deliberate assault’

An 18-year-old who murdered one other teenager with a 22-inch zombie knife has been sentenced to not less than 19 years behind bars.

Emadh Miah chased and lunged at Ghulam Sadiq – who was additionally 18 – in a “planned attack” that was metres from the sufferer’s house in Leytonstone, east London.

He was discovered responsible of murdering Mr Sadiq on the Old Bailey in April.

Miah, from Solihull, had purchased the weapon on-line utilizing another person’s ID as a result of he was underage on the time.

The attacker had travelled to London together with his mom to see his grandfather – however in the course of the go to, he rented a motorbike and hid his identification.

Although the violent homicide in daylight was captured on CCTV in August 2022, Miah wore a masks, gloves and a hood.

Miah was on bail on the time for attacking a 16-year-old boy with a hammer in March 2021 – and James Wood KC, defending, had advised the court docket he was visiting his grandfather earlier than the sentencing.

At Lewes Crown Court on Tuesday an announcement was learn on behalf of Mr Sadiq’s mom Khalida Parveen earlier than Miah’s sentencing. She recalled seeing her son mendacity in a pool of blood exterior a pizza store.

She had written: “I’m right here immediately for justice, now we have misplaced our world, please do not let him do the identical to anybody else.

“I’m haunted by the recurring nightmare of the horror Ghulam suffered. I blame myself for not being able to protect my child from such a cold-blooded individual.”

Ms Parveen, a mom of two, stated she and her youthful son had stored mementoes, together with his garments and a observe that stated: “Don’t worry, I’ll clean my room when I get back.”

Mr Sadiq was described as “very popular, passionate and great fun” – and an entrepreneurial younger man who was at all times developing with enterprise concepts, together with a premium platform for cleansing trainers.

The court docket was advised that Miah had suffered post-traumatic stress dysfunction from violent incidents of bullying in opposition to him and has gentle autism.

A press release written by the defendant that was learn in court docket stated: “I’m sorry for what I have done, I didn’t mean for it to happen. I’m not good at writing so I will ask my mum to write out what I want to say, but for Ghulam’s family I’m sorry for causing you so much pain.”

Judge Christine Laing KC sentenced him to life in jail with a minimal time period of 19 years.

He was additionally handed concurrent sentences for the sooner hammer assault, in addition to possession of a hammer and bladed article.

While she took Miah’s psychological well being points into consideration, the decide stated she was “quite satisfied he knew he was doing”.

She added: “Although I have no doubt you intended to cause the maximum harm to Ghulam Sadiq, I will give you benefit of the doubt you didn’t intend to kill him.”

When the trial had resulted in April this 12 months, Judge Laing had condemned the “shocking” availability of harmful weapons on-line – urging jurors to jot down to their MPs.

At the time of the conviction, the Metropolitan Police described it as “one of those rare cases where we have never been able to conclusively establish a motive for the crime”.