Khalfan Seif: Robbers murdered neighbour in front of his children

Brothers Amaan Ansar and Sahil Ansar were convicted alongside Wahaab Saif (pictured l-r)

Two brothers who stabbed their neighbour to death in front of his wife and three young children during a robbery at his home have been jailed.

Khalfan Seif, 33, died the day after he was attacked at his home in Springdale Avenue, Huddersfield, on 14 January.

Amaan Ansar, 20, and Sahil Ansar, 19, were sentenced to 26 years and 25 years respectively at Leeds Crown Court after being convicted of murder.

Wahaab Saif, 19, of Crosland Moor, was jailed for 14 years for manslaughter.

Passing sentencing, the judge, Mr Justice Richard Jacobs, told the trio: "There is nothing in his way of life to justify the attempt of the three of you to rob him of drugs and/or cash that night, let alone to stab him to death.

"He was entitled to live his life and see his children grow up."

Khalfan Seif died after being fatally stabbed in Springdale Avenue, Huddersfield

The court heard the father-of-three was "a small time cannabis dealer" and all three defendants, who were drug users and were armed with knives on the night of the attack, had burst into Mr Seif's home to steal his cannabis.

But the "robbery went wrong" and the 33-year-old was stabbed in his kitchen while his wife, Louise Dyson, was sitting in the living room with their three young sons.

Mr Justice Jacobs was told Ms Dyson emerged and was robbed of her phone, while the brothers, who both lived on the same street, continued to attack her husband while Saif kept lookout.

The judge heard one of Mr Seif's sons had seen his father being fatally stabbed and was now suffering from mental health issues as a result.

Mr Justice Jacobs said: "He was alive when he staggered out of his home with his intestines literally spilling out, shortly after the stabbing, and was able to speak to his wife.

"He knew that he was dying."

The court heard all three, who wore surgical gloves to "avoid leaving fingerprints", fled the scene with Saif returning to Sheffield Hallam University where he was a student.

After being stabbed Khalfan Seif staggered on to the street outside his home in Springdale Avenue, the court heard

In her victim impact statement, read out by prosecutor Alistair MacDonald KC, Louise Dyson described how "my world was turned upside down" and that her eldest son was constantly upset and angry after witnessing "his father dying in the street".

She said she was "physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted" following the ordeal, in which she too was threatened with a "zombie knife".

The judge told the brothers: "It is obvious that you are both violent and dangerous people."