Your action was racially aggravated and you are also party to the grievous wounding of his companion. These jail terms will run concurrently.Mr Justice Mackay told the defendants: “You’ve been convicted of a most serious offence, the murder of Isaiah Young-Sam, a young man with great promise who had done you no harm. They had done nothing to these defendants and done nothing to incur or justify hostility. What led to the death of Isaiah Young-Sam was the colour of his skin.”The defendants were each jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of a separate charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to Locksley Byfield, one of Mr Young-Sam’s friends. He had taken a back route home, to avoid violence that flared after rumours were spread about a local West Indian girl being gang-raped by Asian men, when he was attacked by a group of up to six men.
Waqar Ahmed, 26, Azhil Khan, 23, and Afzal Khan, 22, from the Handsworth area of the city, were told they would each serve a minimum of 25 years in jail, despite the judge accepting that none of them had wielded the knife.Sentencing the trio at Birmingham Crown Court, Mr Justice Mackay said: “The four men were set upon because they were Afro-Caribbean and for no other reason. Isaiah Young-Sam, 23, was stabbed in the heart in a racist attack last October as he walked through the Lozells area of Birmingham with his brother and two friends.
A turquoise navel ring was found in a nearby lay-by and shards of plastic discovered close to the scene. Mr Pearson said he was keen to establish who these items belonged to and why they were there, to eliminate the owners from his inquiry. He appealed to anyone with information which could help police to contact the incident room on 01789 444693.. Three Asian men were sentenced to life in prison yesterday for the murder of a black IT worker during last year’s Birmingham riots, as detectives vowed to continue their hunt for the rest of the “pack of thugs” involved in the killing. Also found in the bag were a pair of women’s knickers, size 12, a dish cloth and two black socks. The pyjama bottoms found at the scene, replicas of which were on display at the press conference, were size 12 to 14, and sold by British Home Stores in 2002. Mr Pearson said they were well worn and appealed to anyone who knew the whereabouts of the matching top to come forward.
He said it was possible she was in an abusive situation and afraid to come forward but had left enough information about herself to be traced. I am certain people today who hear this message will be able to put these together and identify Lilly for us.” Mr Pearson said he remained open-minded about whether the number of clues left at the scene amounted to a cry for help from the mother. The body – found beside the River Alne by a family out walking – had been dumped at the site no more than two days before it was discovered. Mr Pearson told reporters: “We are appealing now to the public to identify Lilly and find out exactly why it was she lost her life “Mum has left us a big bag of clues.
Mr Pearson said the fractures had been inflicted on the child very soon after her birth. Tests carried out on the full-term baby revealed she was healthy in every other way beside the injuries which caused her death, which were not consistent with childbirth. “Baby Lilly has a family, she has a mum, a dad, grandparents, brothers and sisters perhaps,” the officer said. “We need to know her background and how she came to lose her life in such tragic circumstances.” Mr Pearson also issued an artist’s impression of the child’s face, although her ethnicity has not been established.
Detective Chief Inspector Adrian Pearson told a press conference in Stratford-upon-Avon that officers were still attempting to trace the mother of the baby, whose body was found at Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire, on May 11. Detectives investigating the unlawful killing of the child, named Lilly by officers, also revealed details about clothing and other items found with her body.
These included four bloodstained tea towels found inside a Tesco carrier bag which was concealed inside a Mothercare bag, as well as a pair of women’s pyjama bottoms. A newborn baby girl found dead in a plastic bag near a river had suffered several serious injuries, including a fractured skull and collarbone, police said today. “Not only has the ‘trickle-down’ promise of market forces failed to deliver but a draconian asylum system consigns a small section of the population to unacceptable destitution.”The report argues that much has changed in the 20 years since the Church report Faith in the City. Yet the extremes of poverty and prosperity are not so different from those in the 1980s, said the report.Dr Sentamu said: “This report asks, ‘Why is it that young people in Britain, the fourth largest economy in the world, are the most depressed in Europe?’ That question demands an answer.”.
