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Remember, Sudanese migrants have feelings too.
 

African migrant makes stunning 5-word confession after stabbing frenzy

Adam Ahmed, 30, showed "not a flicker of emotion"
as he ambushed Leon Askew, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

'A Sudanese migrant who fled his war-torn homeland has been convicted of attempting
to murder a housemate in a cold-blooded stabbing at a shared property in Sunderland.
The attack occurred at 4.30pm on June 21, 2024, at a multi-occupancy property on Roker
Avenue.


Adam Ahmed.

Newcastle Crown Court heard that Adam Ahmed, 30, showed "not a flicker of emotion"
as he ambushed Leon Askew, who was sitting in the backyard speaking to his mother
on the phone. Without warning, Ahmed crept behind the victim, pulled his head back,
and drove a blade into the right side of his neck.

Mr Askew managed to flee, but Ahmed pursued him, stabbing him twice more in the arms,
reports Chronicle Live. The victim’s mother heard the entire ordeal over the phone before
raising the alarm.

Mr Askew eventually barricaded himself in a locked room, where he watched through a window
as Ahmed waved the knife and kicked at the door to continue the assault. Moments later,
Ahmed went upstairs and encountered a second housemate, Robert Graham. Unaware
of the violence downstairs, Mr Graham stepped aside to let Ahmed pass, only for Ahmed
to lunge and stab him once in the stomach, causing a perforation to his bowel.

When interviewed by police, Ahmed offered a chilling five-word confession regarding Mr Askew:
"I wanted to kill him.” He added that if the victim had not run away, he would have finished the
job. When told both men were in hospital, he simply replied: "Good.”

The prosecution noted that while Ahmed had previously complained to police about noise at the
house, there was no provocation that could justify the "sudden, murderous violence." A jury found
Ahmed guilty of the attempted murder of Leon Askew and wounding with intent in relation to
Robert Graham, having cleared him of the attempted murder of the second victim.

Ahmed was remanded in custody by Judge Amanda Rippon and is scheduled to be sentenced
on January 30, 2026...' 

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