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Three men have been convicted of the murder of a 35-year-old man who was fatally stabbed in Hounslow in December 2019.
Criminal Solicitors Murder After an 11-week trial at the Old Bailey, on Wednesday, 26 May, a jury convicted the following of the murder of Ebrima Cham: E D-W, 19 (01.10.2001) of no fixed abode. He was found not guilty of the murder of 53-year-old William Algar. He had previously pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice in that case. S E, 40 (01.10.1980) of Barnes. He was also found guilty of perverting the course of justice in the Algar case. Z D, 33 (22.02.1988) of Wembley Two others were also convicted of perverting the course of justice in the Algar case: J L, 19 (04.05.2002) of Hounslow M H, 45 (11.01.1976) of The Drive, Isleworth. He pleaded guilty before the trial. They will be sentenced on July 23 at the Old Bailey. Detective Chief Inspector Vicky Tunstall said: “I would personally like to thank all those witnesses who gave evidence about the murders and subsequent confessions. They knew how violent this gang were and the defendant’s readiness to use the most extreme violence. Despite this, these witnesses still had the courage to come forward and tell the court what had happened. Some of the witnesses were drug takers, but they attended court and gave evidence. Justice often depends on the bravery of such people and I applaud their actions.” The court heard Ebrima Cham was 35-years-old when he was murdered on December 19, 2019. He lived at various places around the Hounslow area. Ebrima had developed a reputation for robbing other drug dealers and it is believed that one of these robberies led him into confrontation with Z D. On the day of the murder, Cham was staying at a flat in Grove Road, Hounslow. After they found out he was at the address, D and E and D-W got in contact with each other by phone and all three set off to the flat in a car that was being driven by a friend. At around 11:15am all three went to the flat door and when no one answered they broke the door down and rushed in. Ebrima was found a short while later lying on the kitchen floor, he had been repeatedly stabbed. Meanwhile the three assailants had returned to the car and were driven from the scene. Police and paramedics attended the stabbing, but despite their efforts Ebrima was pronounced dead. At a post mortem examination on Saturday, 21 December it was discovered that Ebrima had been stabbed 11 times, but it was a deep wound to his chest that proved fatal. The team of detectives investigating the murder located CCTV of the car used by D, E and D -W As a result, police were able to track them down and arrest them, although the actual driver of the car was not found to have been involved in the killing. Comments are closed.
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