Muslim man jailed for manslaughter of BNP neighbour after long-running dispute
Published Date:
30 August 2008
A MUSLIM man has been jailed for eight years for killing his BNP activist neighbour after a long-running dispute.
Habib Khan, 50, stabbed Keith Brown, 52, with a kitchen knife during a row outside his home in Stoke-on-Trent on 6 July last year.
Stafford Crown Court was told that Khan and his family had been subjected to racial hostility by his neighbours prior to the attack. Khan was cleared by a jury of murder but convicted of manslaughter following a trial in May.
He was sentenced to a total of eight years in prison for two charges – one of manslaughter by lack of intent and one of wounding.
Judge Simon Tonking ordered that he serve six-and-a-half years for manslaughter consecutively and 18 months for wounding Mr Brown's son, Ashley Barker.
The court heard that Khan, described as a "mild and calm- mannered family man", had intended to use the knife to threaten Mr Brown, who was holding one of his sons.
The judge said Khan had acted "in the honest belief that he needed to protect his son" but in doing so had killed Mr Brown.
The full article contains 204 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
29 August 2008 9:28 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
