Two teenagers who murdered a rival gang member bragged about the killing, with one video saying: "'I’m a murderer bro know what I mean…it ain’t a joke bro."
Jamie Dixon, 19, and Lemar Forbes, 17, were given life sentences after ambushing Sarman Al-Saidi in a conservatory in Deepdale, Preston, stabbing him 12 times in his legs and body.
The 16-year-old died in hospital four days after the attack in Chatham Place on December 23, 2020, reports LancsLive.
On a video, one of the killers waved the still-bloodied murder weapon, while the other boasted to a friend behind bars he had "done him good."
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Sarmad's killers, who had plotted the attack for days, set upon the 16-year-old with a machete and a hunting knife as the teenager curled up on the floor to try and protect himself.
The pair "stabbed and slashed" at Sarmad telling him "this is what happens" as the unarmed teenager pleaded with them to stop.
The attack lasted just two minutes, but as Dixon tried to stop it, Forbes went back to inflict more wounds on Sarmad, as Dixon tried to pull him away.
Following the attack the teenagers discarded their weapons and destroyed their clothes, but they "could not resist revelling in what they had done", the court heard.
At 6.03pm Dixon received a call from a friend at a Young Offender Institution.
Nicholas Clarke QC, prosecuting, said: "Even though the he knew the call would be recorded, that all such calls are recorded, he just couldn’t help himself from blurting out what he had done.
"He said he had just caught this kid and 'done him' he said that it was hot and that he had done him 'good'. He was asked if he had done him 'proper' and he replied 'Yeh but it’s hot though. It’s hot to chat about. Yeah right now yeah'.
"Later that evening, Forbes was also revelling in what they had done. At 19:19 a video was recorded on Forbes’ mobile phone. The video is of a hunting type knife being waved around with blood and body tissue on it.
"There is audio on the video. Forbes can be heard to say 'stabbed Sarmad up with f***ing thingy, look his flesh is there and that, ya know what I mean”.
"At 19:35 a 12 second audio note from SnapChat on Lemar Forbes’ mobile telephone records him saying 'I’ve killed someone bro you know what I mean it ain’t a joke bro you know what I mean I keep on thinking about it, its playing and playing in my head bro. Thinking that I’m a murderer bro know what I mean…it ain’t a joke bro'."
Sarmad died in hospital four days after the attack. He suffered catastrophic blood loss which caused cardiac arrest and irrecoverable brain damage.
Forbes pleaded guilty to the murder of Sarmad Al-Saidi before the trial was set to take place. Dixon was convicted after a trial.
Both are now beginning life sentences. Dixon will serve 19 years before he is eligible for parole. Forbes will serve a minimum of 15 years.
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