Mother tells of ‘senseless’ killing of son

A WOMAN spoke of the “senseless” killing of her son as a man was jailed for stabbing him in the heart.

Khalid Mokadeh, 22, stabbed Sami Al-Saroori, 31, on September 9, 2017, outside a flat in Wensley Gardens, Burngreave, Sheffield. Mokadeh was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court for 27 years for knife attacks on the Wensley Estate in Page Hall between May and September last year.

Mr Al-Saroori’s mother, Sabrah, said: “It is one thing to lose your child to illness, but to lose them to an aggressive knife attack is just senseless.”

She added: “Khalid Mokadeh has shown no remorse for what he has done. He does not seem to have any understanding of what he has done to our family.”

The final of Mokadeh’s knife attacks caused the death of father-of-one, Sami Al-Saroori, after he stabbed him through the heart during an altercation outside a house party in Wensley Gardens. Judge Paul Watson also sentenced Mokadeh to an extended licence period of three years, due to him posing a “substantial risk of the commission of further offences involving the use of knives”.

Mr Al-Saroori died at hospital from a 15cm-deep knife wound that pierced his chest bone and penetrated his heart.

Mokadeh, of The Oval, Sheffield, denied murder but was found guilty after a trial of manslaughter.

He also pleaded guilty to two counts of wounding with intent and three charges of possession of a bladed article.

The court heard Mokadeh believed Mr Al-Saroori had ordered a shooting attack in which Mokadeh was injured.