Overview

• Winchester Crown Court sentenced Hana Hassan to seven years, Osama Qadir to six, Dawan Mantik to five, and Yosef Shaban to four, totaling 22 years.
• The group targeted shopkeeper Kurwan Ali on Christchurch Road, where victim Sepan Qasim was stabbed twice and suffered a collapsed lung.
• Prosecutors said a nightclub dispute at Bar So two days earlier prompted calls to “rally the troops” before about 12 people went to the shop.
• The judge said Mantik and Qadir carried large machetes while Ahmed Omar and Rahel Omer wielded knives, and the two alleged ringleaders are believed to have fled to Kurdistan.
• Dorset Police described a high level of violence, and the men will serve two‑thirds of their sentences in custody following a nine‑week trial.