http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1299752/Honour-killing-gang-murdered-wrong-couple-firebombing.html#ixzz0vZP4H43gHonour killing gang murdered wrong couple in firebombing on home while family slept
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 7:20 AM on 3rd August 2010
An 'honour killing' gang murdered a married couple in their home when they set fire to the wrong house.
Abdullah Mohammed and wife Aysha suffocated after petrol was poured through their letterbox and set alight by the gang of young men.
The Mohammeds' nine-year-old son and daughter, 14, were also at home during the attack but survived.
Four men were yesterday found guilty of murdering the husband and wife, including 21-year-old gang leader Hisamuddin Ibrahim who had intended to attack a man who was having an affair with his married sister.
Ibrahim ordered three accomplices to set a fire at the home of Mo Ibrahim, who is not related, in the early hours of the morning.
But Habib Iqbal, Sadek Miah and Mohammed Miah mistakenly targeted the Mohammeds' house on the same terrace street in Blackburn as their intended victim.
As the gang fled, neighbours tried in vain to break into the burning home before the fire brigade arrived on October 21 last year.
Mr Mohammed, 41, died after being found unconscious in his bedroom with his wife and two of their three children. His 39-year old wife died in hospital days later.
London Underground worker Ibrahim was enraged when he discovered his 22-year-old sister Hafija Gorji was having an affair with the man she had met at a wedding.
As rumours circulated a month before the fire, Mrs Gorji's lover had lied as he swore on the Koran in front of her relatives that the pair were just good friends, Preston Crown Court heard.
Ibrahim, from East London, had then asked best friend 25-year-old Iqbal, Miah, 19, and Sadek Miah, 23, to drive up from the capital overnight and carry out the attack.
He had been inspired by a story on the BBC's Crimewatch website about an unsolved late-night arson in Eastbourne.
There were no witnesses to the start of the blaze in Blackburn but CCTV captured a vehicle circling the surrounding streets three times shortly before the fire. Three figures left the car, one carrying a container, before the trio ran back and drove off with the vehicle's headlights turned off.
The car, a black Volskwagen Golf registered to Sadek Miah's mother, was then driven straight back to London.
The gang, from Manor Park and Tower Hamlets in East London, had all denied murder and face long jail terms. They will be sentenced later.
Outside court, the Mohammeds' eldest son, Ashraf, 19, said: 'No words can truly do justice as to how amazing my parents were. My father was a true gentleman who touched the hearts of people around the world. He was an irreplaceable part of the family and was loved by one and all.
'My mother had a heart of gold, she was always seen with a smile on her face. The family believe other people were involved and hope that one day those people may be brought to justice.'
Senior investigating officer Detective Superintendent Neil Hunter said: 'The despicable actions of the persons responsible have devastated a family and a community and robbed three children of the love and affection of their parents forever more.
'I have nothing but contempt for those responsible as even faced against compelling evidence they still attempted to hoodwink the jury by telling a tissue of lies, time after time.
'Thankfully, they saw through their pathetic attempts.
'There has been much talk during this trial that this crime was committed as the result of so-called honour. There is no honour in killing innocent people, it is murder pure and simple.'
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