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Mohammed Musa murder: Friend guilty of Cardiff killing | Mohammed Musa murder: Friend guilty of Cardiff killing |
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A man extradited from Canada last year has been found guilty of murdering a friend outside a block of flats in Cardiff eight years ago. | A man extradited from Canada last year has been found guilty of murdering a friend outside a block of flats in Cardiff eight years ago. |
Newly-wed Mohammed Musa, 21, died after being struck on the head with a weightlifting bar in Butetown on 18 April 2003. | Newly-wed Mohammed Musa, 21, died after being struck on the head with a weightlifting bar in Butetown on 18 April 2003. |
Mohamoud Mahad Ahmed, 28, of no fixed address, went on the run following the attack. | Mohamoud Mahad Ahmed, 28, of no fixed address, went on the run following the attack. |
Mahad denied murder and will be sentenced on Thursday. | |
Cardiff Crown Court heard Mahad, 28, was in an "angry and aggressive mood" when he swung the pole at his friend. | Cardiff Crown Court heard Mahad, 28, was in an "angry and aggressive mood" when he swung the pole at his friend. |
Prosecutor Peter Griffiths QC said: "He was armed with a weightlifting bar, in a violent, combative and aggressive mood struck the victim a massive and fatal blow to the head. | Prosecutor Peter Griffiths QC said: "He was armed with a weightlifting bar, in a violent, combative and aggressive mood struck the victim a massive and fatal blow to the head. |
"It was a massive blow and it fractured his skull not just in one place but almost as an egg-shell cracks." | "It was a massive blow and it fractured his skull not just in one place but almost as an egg-shell cracks." |
Mr Griffiths said Mahad picked up the 5ft (1.5m) long metal bar "like a baseball bat" and swung it towards a crowd of men. | Mr Griffiths said Mahad picked up the 5ft (1.5m) long metal bar "like a baseball bat" and swung it towards a crowd of men. |
He said: "The person who it connected with was the unsuspecting Mohammed Musa. | He said: "The person who it connected with was the unsuspecting Mohammed Musa. |
"He poleaxed basically the unsuspecting Mr Musa and he dropped like a stone to the floor." | "He poleaxed basically the unsuspecting Mr Musa and he dropped like a stone to the floor." |
Recorder of Cardiff Nicholas Cooke QC told Mahad: "There is only sentence which I can impose and that is life. But I have to set a tariff." | Recorder of Cardiff Nicholas Cooke QC told Mahad: "There is only sentence which I can impose and that is life. But I have to set a tariff." |
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