MOROCCAN ASYLUM SEEKER JAILED FOR MURDER IN HARTLEPOOL
A Moroccan asylum seeker who murdered a pensioner in the street in "revenge" for the Israel-Hamas conflict was jailed for life with a minimum term of 45 years in May.Ahmed Alid, 45, stabbed Terence Carney, 70, six times in Hartlepool town centre early on October 15, 2023 - eight days after Hamas attacked Israel.
Minutes earlier he attempted to murder his housemate, Christian convert and former bodybuilder Javed Nouri, by breaking into his bedroom and hacking at him while he slept.
Alid shouted "Allahu Akbar" - "God is great" - during the attack at the Home Office-approved asylum seekers' accommodation before fleeing into the street, still armed with a knife.
Doorbell camera footage showed Mr Carney, who was out walking in the town centre, cry out "No, no" as he was stabbed by the stranger.
Prosecutors at Teesside Crown Court said it was not a frenzied attack but a deliberate attempt to target Mr Carney's body repeatedly before he walked off, leaving his victim for dead.
In a holding cell at Middlesbrough police station after his arrest, Alid launched into a speech in Arabic saying that "Allah willing, Gaza would return to be an Arab country" and how he would have continued his "raid" if his hands had not been injured.
Alid, who strongly disapproved of Mr Nouri's conversion to Christianity, said God was "displeased" with those who went astray.
Mr Carney's wife Patricia Carney said her husband went out walking early every morning because he enjoyed the peace and quiet on the streets.
Alid denied murder, attempted murder and assaulting the two officers, claiming he did carry out the stabbings but without intention to kill or cause serious harm.
He was found guilty of all four charges.
