Raami Mohamed and Kevell Blake deny the murder of Badri Issa
A jury was told that two men who are being charged of murder travelled by cab from Manchester to Birmingham in order to see a lawyer following the murder. Kevell Blake, 20, and Raami Mohamed, 21, have entered not guilty pleas to the murder of Badri Issa.
Mr. Issa, 22, passed away in Moss Side following a stabbing. The prosecution claims that when a dispute broke out over an automobile, he attempted to mediate the situation and was slain in the process.
They claim that Mr. Blake “assisted and encouraged” Mr. Mohamed “in his use of the knife” and that Mr. Mohamed stabbed Mr. Issa. Both of them deny murder.
Jurors have been informed that, just before he passed away, Mr. Issa was being driven to an exercise class by his friend Omar Jeylaani. On October 25, 2018, Manchester Crown Court heard, Mr. Mohamed saw Mr. Jeylaani by accident in Princess Road and allegedly motioned for him to stop.
The two had a “background of hostility” after an argument over a car that Mr. Mohamed had agreed to hire from a company that was allegedly connected to Mr. Jeylaani. Jurors were informed that Mr. Mohamed was “going to keep the car” after failing to pay the agreed-upon amount.
Mr. Jeylaani’repossessed’ the car, the jury was informed, in an incident that is believed to have occurred approximately two weeks before to the alleged murder Then, on October 25, before the deadly stabbing on a lay-by on Moss Lane East, there was an altercation.
The prosecution claimed that Mr. Issa put himself in the way of Mr. Mohamed and Mr. Jeylaani in an attempt to “calm things down.” Mr. Blake is accused of punching Mr. Jeylaani during the altercation before Mr. Issa was stabbed. About forty-five minutes later, he was declared dead.
Prosecutor Richard Pratt KC said that the accused “did not hang around at the scene.” The two departed in a car, he informed the court.
The jury was informed that Mr. Mohamed later contacted a friend who gave him permission to stay at a Prestwich property. According to the prosecution, Mr. Mohamed called a Birmingham-based law practice the next morning at 10.38 a.m.
According to Mr. Pratt, a caller gave the law firm’s postcode over the phone while contacting a taxi company. He claimed the accused travelled to Birmingham and stated that a price of £180 had been agreed upon.
The jury was informed that at slightly after 6 p.m., the two had returned to Manchester. At 9:45 p.m. that day, Mr. Mohamed was taken into custody on murderous suspicions.
He had taken “significant efforts to avoid detection,” according to the prosecution. Mr. Blake, who was taken into custody on October 30 after visiting the Ashton police station, was accused by Mr. Pratt of having ‘willingly joined’ Mr. Mohamed.
He stated: “It seems the two went to Birmingham jointly to visit the solicitor. Mr. Blake took no action to dissociate himself from the actions of Raami Mohamed. Actually, the opposite is true. His pre-, during-, and post-stabbing behaviours indicate that he was a willing participant in the stabbing.”
Mr. Pratt went on, “It’s possible that the two cars happened to cross paths that night on that dual road in October. However, we, the prosecution, contend that it gave Raami Mohamed, in particular, a way to express his ongoing resentment against Omar Jeylaani for regaining custody of the vehicle.
“Whatever the rights or wrongs of the episode with the car, it cannot provide any explanation, still less any justification, for the production of a knife and then forcibly plunging it into the chest of an unarmed man.”
Both Mr. Blake of Bromshill Drive in Cheetham Hill and Mr. Mohamed of Fairy Lane in Cheetham Hill deny murder.
