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Speakers' Corner Knife Threat: Asylum Seeker Convicted, Sentencing Set for Jan. 16

Sentencing was delayed pending an alcohol treatment report that probation says he has not engaged with.

Overview

  • Ahmed Mohammed was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of threatening a person with an offensive weapon in Hyde Park.
  • The incident involved preacher Daniel Ayettey, whom Mohammed threatened with a knife after an exchange during a sermon on May 25.
  • He was remanded in custody and is due back at Southwark Crown Court for sentencing on January 16.
  • Hearings were adjourned repeatedly because an alcohol treatment programme report was outstanding, with the judge noting probation has had no recent engagement.
  • Court reporting records earlier guilty pleas to three shop thefts and a conviction for breaching a community protection notice, and notes an application for indefinite leave to remain.