Overview

• A Kingston Crown Court jury found Salah Ahmed, 22, guilty of murder on 24 September after a three‑week trial.
• The court heard he fatally stabbed his 18-year-old neighbour, Issa Ali Musa Abdularaman-Baracat, following a dispute about a phone.
• Officers identified and arrested Ahmed at the scene less than 10 minutes after arriving, then re-arrested him for murder after Issa died and charged him on 29 October 2024.
• Investigators recovered a kitchen knife outside a nearby flat that was confirmed as the weapon, with CCTV and witnesses underpinning the case.
• Evidence showed Ahmed retrieved the knife, stabbed Issa during an altercation, disposed of the weapon, then returned to record video and film paramedics; detectives said he later lied to officers, including about his age.