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| Rotherham machete 'rampage' murderer 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. | 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. |
| At Sheffield Crown Court Naeem Mehmood, who admitted murder, was ordered to serve a minimum jail term of 27 years. | |
| The 27-year-old ran through Rotherham smashing car windows and threatening people with a machete after the attack, before being stopped by police. | |
| Mehmood, of Herringthorpe Valley Road, Rotherham, also admitted causing grievous bodily harm to his co-worker Saeed Hussain, who was stabbed in the stomach when he tried to help his boss. | |
| Sheffield Crown Court heard Mr Iqbal was found with a 7in (18cm) knife stuck almost up to the hilt in his chest. | 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 had picked up in the shop. | |
| He was eventually arrested after he was confronted by an unarmed police officer. | He was eventually arrested after he was confronted by an unarmed police officer. |
| Mr Moulson said the attack on Mr Iqbal had been "unprovoked, sustained and determined". | |
| Dozens of people in Rotherham posted on Twitter on the day of the attack. | |
| Richard Cattley tweeted: "A man has just ran past me in Rotherham town centre wielding a machete covered in blood shouting move!! Police everywhere!" | |
| Ben Shepherd tweeted: "Lunatic running through Tesco, Rotherham brandishing a huge knife, frightened the life out of our secretary. Taken out by 10 police & taser." | |
| South Yorkshire Police said the force began receiving a "large number of calls" at about 14:00 BST on 15 October. | |
| Mehmood was arrested in the car park of Tesco supermarket 12 minutes after the first call, police said. | |
| Det Supt Dave Barraclough said after sentencing: "As the case has not gone to trial, the exact reasons why Mehmood chose to attack his boss and colleague in such a violent way remain unclear. | |
| "He had only recently returned to work and the innocent victims in the case were simply going about their daily business when Mehmood launched his unprovoked attack." | |
| Mahroof Hussain, a relative of Mr Iqbal, told BBC Look North his death had had a big impact on people in the area, particularly as it happened on Eid. | |
| "On that day a lot of people mourned, I don't think anybody in Rotherham that day celebrated Eid at all. | |
| "If you went to Parvaiz's shop he made you feel like you were part of the shop, a member of his community and his family. | |
| "He treated everybody with such respect." |