Overview

• Mustafa Alhassan was sentenced to 13 years in prison, with a non-parole period of eight years, for the fatal shooting of rapper Christopher Habiyakare during a 2021 home invasion.
• The attack was motivated by a false belief that Habiyakare was storing $1 million in cash at his Sunshine North home in Melbourne.
• Co-offenders Daniel Sissal and Mohamed Mohamed, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, received sentences of four and nine years, respectively.
• Habiyakare, also known as Lyr1cure7, was hosting friends when Alhassan and his accomplices, armed with a rifle, machete, and Taser, forced their way into his home.
• The case has drawn attention to home-invasion violence and the sentencing of offenders based on their varying levels of culpability.