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| Rotherham machete 'rampage' man jailed for life | |
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| A man who admitted stabbing his boss 51 times before going on a "rampage" with a machete has been jailed for life. | |
| Father-of-three Parvaiz Iqbal, 40, was killed at his shop on Grosvenor Road in Eastwood, Rotherham on 15 October. | Father-of-three Parvaiz Iqbal, 40, was killed at his shop on Grosvenor Road in Eastwood, Rotherham on 15 October. |
| Naeem Mehmood, 27, of Herringthorpe Valley Road, Rotherham, pleaded guilty at Sheffield Crown Court to murder. | |
| He ran through Rotherham threatening people with a machete after the attack, before being stopped by police at a Tesco supermarket. | |
| Mehmood also admitted causing grievous bodily harm to Mr Iqbal's employee Saeed Hussain, who was stabbed in the stomach when he tried to help his boss. | |
| Judge Mr Justice Males sentenced Mehmood to life with a minimum term of 27 years. | |
| Sheffield Crown Court heard Mr Iqbal was found with a 7in (18cm) knife stuck almost up to the hilt in his chest. | |
| Prosecutor Peter Moulson QC described how, after the attack at Bismallah Food Store, Mehmood went on a 10 minute rampage through the town, smashing windows and threatening members of the public with a machete he picked up in the shop. | |
| He was eventually arrested after he was confronted by an unarmed police officer. | |
| Mr Moulson said the attack on Mr Iqbal was "unprovoked, sustained and determined". |