Man murdered by love rival at fuel station, court told
Mohammed Duraab Khan suffered 15 stab wounds in 13 seconds
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A man was stabbed to death on a petrol station forecourt because of "bad blood" between himself and his attacker, a court has heard.
Mohammed Duraab Khan, 26, suffered 15 stab wounds and died at the Texaco garage in Meadow Lane, Nottingham, on 31 January.
Haseeb Majid, 22, of Wilford Crescent, The Meadows, admits fatally wounding Mr Khan, but denies his murder.
On Wednesday, the jury at the Nottingham Crown Court trial was shown footage of the incident, captured on CCTV covering the forecourt.
Police sealed off the petrol station on Meadow Lane in Nottingham where the killing happened
Opening the case, prosecutor Michael Burrows KC said Haseeb Majid accepts he repeatedly stabbed Mr Khan, but claims he acted in self-defence.
The court heard Mr Khan had been the passenger in a black Audi car being driven along Meadow Lane when Mr Majid, driving in the opposite direction, did a U-turn and followed.
When the Audi drove on to the petrol station forecourt, Mr Majid parked his blue Ford Focus in nearby Holme Street.
CCTV shown to the court then captured Mr Majid - wearing a ski mask and a glove on one hand - walking towards the Audi driver, who was refuelling the car.
When Mr Majid pulled out a knife the driver ran off and Mr Khan exited the vehicle and grabbed a steering lock before both men exchanged blows.
Mr Khan was stabbed four times with what is thought to have been a 12-inch (30cm) knife, before falling to the floor.
The footage shown to the court captures Mr Majid stabbing him a further 11 times.
The court heard the 15 wounds were inflicted in just 13 seconds.
A post-mortem examination found one of the wounds, on his back, could have been enough to prove fatal, but the Home Office pathologist concluded Mr Khan probably died from blood loss.
When Mr Majid was arrested he said he had recently suffered damage to his car, menacing phone calls and a threat that he would be killed.
Mr Burrows said: "He [Majid] said what happened was the cumulative effect of what had been going on over the last three weeks."
The court also heard Mr Majid's ex-girlfriend had "got reacquainted" with Mr Khan in September last year, as their families were friends.
"There was bad blood between them - that is the motive," said Mr Burrows.
"Mr Majid did contact police, but he didn't say anything about what Mr Khan had done.
"Anger is no defence - taking the law into your own hands is no defence."
'Attack to kill'
When Mr Majid was arrested, police didn't recover the knife or ski mask, and he had changed his phone.
He said he had kept a knife in his car for protection, but on the day he approached the Audi at the petrol station he only intended to scare Mr Khan.
Concluding his opening, Mr Burrows said: "He [Majid] unsheathed the knife, he was plainly out to get him [Khan].
"Once he [Khan] was down on the ground he began stabbing him with repeated blows.
"He tried to hide his face. This wasn't to scare, it was an attack to kill.
"He fled the scene, he hid from the police - the knife he had used had gone, the phone he had was gone.
"This was not a man who had lost control, it was a man in control who knew he had committed murder."
The trial continues.
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