Killers wanted to teach ‘him ‘a lesson’
It was supposed to be a simple plan to teach their victim a lesson.
But by the time three petty criminals were done with Trevor Lomond, he was mortally wounded.
Mahed Liban Dirir, Abdulrizak Osman Jeyte and Ahmed Mohamed Farah pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the Sept. 21, 2016, death of Lomond.
The three Calgary men had been charged with first-degree murder.
Reading from a statement of agreed facts, Crown prosecutor Kane Richards detailed the kidnapping which led to Lomond’s death.
Richards told provincial court Judge Frank Maloney the three were looking for Lomond on the afternoon of Sept. 13, 2016, before finding him and following the vehicle he was in.
After several minutes of being followed in the Temple area of northeast Calgary, the person driving Lomond said he couldn’t buy him any more time and would have to let him out, Richards said.
Lomond got out of the car and was then chased by Jeyte and Dirir, a pursuit captured on a neighbour’s CCTV video. They cornered Lomond and proceeded to beat him. They were joined by a third man — Farah — who had pulled up in a gold-coloured sedan.
During the assault, Jeyte could be heard yelling, “Where is my money?”
Lomond was then forced into Farah’s car and driven away.
About 4½ hours later, police received an emergency call about an unconscious male at a southwest Calgary home, Richards said.
“Trevor was found in the basement of the residence,” he said.
He was unresponsive and his breathing was “wet-sounding and laboured.” He died in hospital eight days later.
Richards suggested a sentence of between six and eight years.
Both defence counsel Allan Fay, for Dirir, and Adriano Iovinelli, for Jeyte, said five-year prison terms were warranted.
Farah’s lawyer, Kelsey Sitar, suggested a four-year sentence.
Fay told Maloney the plan was never to end Lomond’s life, but the men were angry because they believed Lomond had been cheating them in a cheque-writing scheme they were involved in.
“The plan was to teach him a lesson,” Fay said.
The men will be sentenced on March 6.
Charges against a fourth suspect, Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, were stayed last week.