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OAP 'killed over deaths of children'

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Vincent
Published date12 April 2024
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
Alid Ahmed's actions, the week after the Hamas attacks, were motivated by "the conflict in Gaza and to further his desire that Palestine would be free from the Zionists", Teesside Crown Court was told

He denies murdering Terence Carney, 70, in Hartlepool town centre, as well as the attempted murder of his housemate Javed Nouri, 31, and assaulting two female police officers.

Jonathan Sandiford KC, prosecuting, said Alid armed himself with two knives in the early hours of October 15 when he attacked Mr Nouri, who was asleep, at their shared house in Wharton Terrace, Hartlepool.

Mr Nouri and two other housemates, also asylum seekers, formed the view that Alid followed an extreme version of Islam, the court heard.

Housemates noticed Alid was paying particular attention to news coverage of the Hamas attacks on October 7 and had begun to carry a knife, the jury heard.

At 5am on October 13, he broke into his housemate's bedroom armed with two knives.

Alid stabbed him in the upper chest, near his heart. He sustained further injuries to the mouth, thigh...

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