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| Teenager admits murder bid on Syrian refugee in Edinburgh | Teenager admits murder bid on Syrian refugee in Edinburgh |
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| An 18-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the racially-aggravated attempted murder of a Syrian refugee in Edinburgh. | An 18-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the racially-aggravated attempted murder of a Syrian refugee in Edinburgh. |
| Sean Gorman stabbed Shabaz Ali, 25, on 3 May in Upper Gilmore Place. Mr Ali was stabbed six times, mainly in the chest, and suffered life-threatening injuries. | Sean Gorman stabbed Shabaz Ali, 25, on 3 May in Upper Gilmore Place. Mr Ali was stabbed six times, mainly in the chest, and suffered life-threatening injuries. |
| The attack followed a row about noise Gorman was making in a hostel. | The attack followed a row about noise Gorman was making in a hostel. |
| The teenager will be sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on 17 August. | The teenager will be sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on 17 August. |
| Mr Ali had fled to Scotland five years ago with his family and was working as a barber and staying in the hostel as he looked for a new home. | |
| Gorman had been visiting the hostel before the row broke out. | Gorman had been visiting the hostel before the row broke out. |
| Mr Ali called at the room after he heard noise was coming from and found Gorman inside. He said Gorman was saying "Go back to your country." | |
| Mr Ali told BBC Scotland: "I pressed the button for security. | |
| "He (Gorman) took the knife out and said 'I'm going to stab you.' Security did nothing. | |
| "He said if you don't go to your room I will stab you but I was scared to go to my room because I thought he wanted to kill me in the room because there is no CCTV in the room. That's why I didn't go to my room and he started stabbing me." | |
| Gorman was found later in Duff Street and arrested. A lock knife was recovered. | |
| Gorman today admitted racially-aggravated attempted murder as well as causing racially-aggravated alarm to another woman in the hostel. | Gorman today admitted racially-aggravated attempted murder as well as causing racially-aggravated alarm to another woman in the hostel. |
| Campaigners set up an online appeal for donations "to help Shabaz recover and rebuild his life" with more than £12,000 raised. | Campaigners set up an online appeal for donations "to help Shabaz recover and rebuild his life" with more than £12,000 raised. |
| Det Ch Insp Paul Grainger, of Police Scotland, said: "Gorman's violence was extreme and left the victim with significant, life-threatening injuries. | Det Ch Insp Paul Grainger, of Police Scotland, said: "Gorman's violence was extreme and left the victim with significant, life-threatening injuries. |
| "He showed utter disregard for the victim and another woman who was with him - made all the worse given the appalling racist language used. | "He showed utter disregard for the victim and another woman who was with him - made all the worse given the appalling racist language used. |
| "Whilst this attack happened within a private property, it gained a great deal of public and media interest and I'm pleased that Gorman has been brought to justice so quickly. | "Whilst this attack happened within a private property, it gained a great deal of public and media interest and I'm pleased that Gorman has been brought to justice so quickly. |
| "Edinburgh is a vibrant place where people of different nationalities, faiths and backgrounds live together and the support shown by the local community for the victim and his family is far more indicative of the city's inclusivity than this one isolated incident." | "Edinburgh is a vibrant place where people of different nationalities, faiths and backgrounds live together and the support shown by the local community for the victim and his family is far more indicative of the city's inclusivity than this one isolated incident." |