Overview
- Samad, 24, received a life sentence with a 27-year minimum for murdering 19-year-old Mohamed Abdi, plus a concurrent 12-month term for possessing a bladed article.
- Mohamed Abdi was attacked on June 4, 2024, at Bell Street and Edgware Road after a traffic confrontation escalated into a knife fight, and he was stabbed three times.
- Investigators said the fatal sequence lasted about 25 seconds from the initial flash of headlights to the stabbing, with both men initially armed before Abdi was disarmed and pursued to his car.
- Getaway driver Mohamad El-Hazzaa, 27, was convicted of perverting the course of justice and sentenced to three years in custody with a three-and-a-half-year driving disqualification after swapping phones and booking a flight to leave the country.
- Police said Samad tried to evade detection, including attending a Luton hospital under a false name, and they linked him to the killing through CCTV and analysis tracing the suspects from their homes to the scene.