SNAPCHAT ADDICT SET UP LOVER’S MURDER THEN FILMED IT
A FEMALE “Snapchat addict” orchestrated the murder of her on-off boyfriend, then posted a video of him dying in a pool of blood, a court heard.
Fatima Khan, 20, is accused of plotting with a rival for her affections to kill Afghan asylum seeker Khalid Safi, 18.
Mr Safi was repeatedly stabbed in the chest by 19-year-old Raza Khan in North Acton, north London, on the evening of December 1 2016, jurors were told.
Rather than calling for an ambulance, Fatima Khan allegedly filmed him as he laying dying in the street.
She posted it on Snapchat with the caption: “This is what happens when you f*** with me”, the Old Bailey heard.
Jurors were shown the disturbing footage as well as CCTV images allegedly showing the fatal fight between Mr Safi and Raza Khan.
Prosecutor Kate Bex QC said the two men had fought over Fatima Khan a few years earlier, during which Mr Safi was hurt. And in the run-up to the killing, Fatima Khan had been in daily contact with Raza Khan via Snapchat, jurors heard.
She became upset when Mr Safi bought her a watch and presented it to her at her home five days before his death, jurors heard.
She threw the gift out of a window because her family did not know about the relationship, Ms Bex said.
She said Raza Khan was “a rival for her affections” and Fatima Khan was “essential to the success of the plan” to get rid of Mr Safi.
She said: “She told Raza STABBED TO DEATH: Khalid Safi Khan where to find Khalid Safi and she ensured Mr Safi was still there by the time Mr Khan travelled to the scene.”
On the day of the killing, Mr Safi and Fatima Khan had gone to a Costa Coffee near to her work at Vigilant Security in North Acton.
The couple were outside the coffee shop when Raza Khan arrived with a knife.
Raza Khan was injured in the fight but calmly left the scene and his whereabouts remain unknown.
Fatima Khan, from Ilford, north London, told police she was addicted to Snapchat.
She denies murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.