{"id":15053,"date":"2019-07-15T07:43:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=15053"},"modified":"2019-07-15T07:43:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:43:46","slug":"sidali-mohamed-murder-louai-ali-jailed-for-stabbing-student-outside-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2019\/07\/15\/sidali-mohamed-murder-louai-ali-jailed-for-stabbing-student-outside-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidali Mohamed murder: Louai Ali jailed for stabbing student outside college"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A boy has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering a student outside a college in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Louai Ali, 17, was found guilty of fatally stabbing Sidali Mohamed outside the gates of Joseph Chamberlain College in Highgate on 13 February.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, Ali said the 10in zombie knife used to kill Sidali was bought for \u00a350 through Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Ali was also convicted of wounding with intent and unlawful wounding and jailed for a minimum of 19 years.<\/p>\n<p>During evidence, it was heard that Ali went to the college armed with the knife after his friend and cousin had been encountering issues with a group of boys.<\/p>\n<p>Sentencing Ali, Judge Mark Wall QC said the teenager &#8220;habitually carried knives&#8221; and at the time of the murder had been on bail for a previous offence.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard Ali and a friend &#8220;chased a lone man&#8221; and cornered Russell Molloy in December.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-portrait has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/164EF\/production\/_107857319_ali1.jpg\" alt=\"Louai Ali,\" width=\"608\" height=\"810\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Judge Mark Wall QC said Louai Ali &#8216;did not have a particularly easy upbringing&#8217;<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Molloy was stabbed through his arm &#8211; although the prosecution said it was not Ali who injured the victim.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Sidali&#8217;s murder, Judge Wall said: &#8220;You deliberately went to his college armed with a fearsome knife with intent of stabbing him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It had a long blade which was split in two. It was a weapon which was obviously, potentially lethal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You bought it because in your words &#8216;It looked cool.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Judge Wall had previously lifted reporting restrictions, which normally ban the media from naming defendants aged under 18, in the interests of &#8220;open justice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was in the public interest to identify Ali due to the serious nature of the offences.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-birmingham-48981720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A boy has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering a student outside a college in Birmingham. 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