Mansoor Mahmood: Father murdered with hunting knife after row over drugs, trial hears
An armed man plunged a ‘Rambo-type’ blade into his rival as the pair came to blows near a fast food takeaway, a court heard.
Niron Parker-Lee murdered father-of-two Mansoor Mahmood after they battled in a Brierley Hill alleyway over a drugs dispute, prosecutors allege.
The 20-year-old left Mr Mahmood with a 7.9cm wound after driving the weapon through vital organs, veins and arteries, and causing the blade to leave the other side of his body.
The fatal injury saw Mr Mahmood lose about 3 litres of blood after he stumbled into Dixi Chicken following the brawl, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
Opening the case on Wednesday, prosecutor Mr Christopher Millington QC said: “It was a devastating blow, delivered with some force and it did a massive amount of internal damage.”
Parker-Lee, of Blewitt Street, Pensnett, denies murder but claims he stabbed Mr Mahmood in self-defence in the town’s High Street on October 15, 2016.
Pursuit
Jurors were told the defendant was captured on CCTV leaving his home, concealing what prosecutors believe was a large hunting knife under clothing on the day of the alleged murder.
He made his way along High Street, heading towards Moor Street, before stopping near an alleyway close to Dixi Chicken.
Mr Mahmood was walking on the opposite side of High Street with another man when he spotted the defendant, Mr Millington said.
He added: “Both men went into the alleyway where their was a short-lived skirmish, which appears to be an exchange of blows.”
The pair then fled, with Mr Mahmood in ‘hot pursuit’ of his attacker, the prosecutor said.
They continued along High Street, stopping at Chinese takeaway Peony Garden, where there was ‘another exchange of blows’.
Screwdriver
Mr Millington told jurors: “At some stage, either in the alleyway or probably more likely outside Peony Garden, the defendant thrusts the knife into the body of Mr Mansoor.”
The victim, of Bague Walk, Brierley Hill, then ‘staggered’ back to Dixi Chicken, with paramedics rushing to the scene.
A screwdriver was uncovered in the waistband of the victim’s trousers by a paramedic but it was not used during the violence, Mr Millington added.
Parker-Lee fled the scene with the blade, returning home shortly before changing his clothes and leaving with a hold-all.
He managed to stay on the run for more than 10 months before police tracked him down, arresting him on August 31 last year, jurors heard.
Although the blade has never been found, police recovered its sheath which contained the defendant’s DNA, Mr Millington added.
The trial continues.
