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| Sidali Mohamed murder: Louai Ali jailed for stabbing student outside college | Sidali Mohamed murder: Louai Ali jailed for stabbing student outside college |
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| A boy has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering a student outside a college in Birmingham. | A boy has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering a student outside a college in Birmingham. |
| Louai Ali, 17, was found guilty of fatally stabbing Sidali Mohamed outside the gates of Joseph Chamberlain College in Highgate on 13 February. | Louai Ali, 17, was found guilty of fatally stabbing Sidali Mohamed outside the gates of Joseph Chamberlain College in Highgate on 13 February. |
| During the trial, Ali said the 10in zombie knife used to kill Sidali was bought for £50 through Instagram. | During the trial, Ali said the 10in zombie knife used to kill Sidali was bought for £50 through Instagram. |
| Ali was also convicted of wounding with intent and unlawful wounding and jailed for a minimum of 19 years. | Ali was also convicted of wounding with intent and unlawful wounding and jailed for a minimum of 19 years. |
| 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. | |
| Sentencing Ali, Judge Mark Wall QC said the teenager "habitually carried knives" and at the time of the murder had been on bail for a previous offence. | |
| The court heard Ali and a friend "chased a lone man" and cornered Russell Molloy in December. | |
| Mr Molloy was stabbed through his arm - although the prosecution said it was not Ali who injured the victim. | |
| Speaking about Sidali's murder, Judge Wall said: "You deliberately went to his college armed with a fearsome knife with intent of stabbing him. | |
| "It had a long blade which was split in two. It was a weapon which was obviously, potentially lethal. | |
| "You bought it because in your words 'It looked cool.'" | |
| Judge Wall had previously lifted reporting restrictions, which normally ban the media from naming defendants aged under 18, in the interests of "open justice". | |
| He said it was in the public interest to identify Ali due to the serious nature of the offences. |