‘Snapchat addict filmed her boyfriend’s murder’
Woman, 20, obsessed with photo-sharing app allegedly orchestrated stabbing of teenager
A SELF-CONFESSED “Snapchat addict” orchestrated the murder of her on-off boyfriend and 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 Khalid Safi, an 18-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who she had been seeing for two years.
Mr Safi was repeatedly stabbed in the chest by Raza Khan, 19, in North Acton, north London, on the evening of Dec 1 2016, jurors were told.
Rather than calling for an ambulance, Miss 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. Kate Bex QC, prosecuting, said that the two men had fought over Miss Khan a few years earlier, during which Mr Safi was hurt.
Jurors heard that in the run-up to the killing, Miss Khan had been in daily contact with Mr Khan via Snapchat.
She became upset when Mr Safi bought her a watch and gave it to her at her home five days before his death, jurors heard. She threw the gift at him out of an upstairs window because her family did not know about the relationship, Ms Bex said.
The lawyer told jurors that Mr Khan was “a rival for her affections” and Miss Khan was “essential to the success of the plan” to get rid of Mr Safi.
She said: “She told Mr Khan where to find Mr Safi and she ensured he was still there by the time Mr Khan travelled to the scene.” On the day of the killing, Mr Safi and Miss Khan had gone to a Costa Coffee near to her work at Vigilant Security in North Acton.
The couple were sitting on benches outside the coffee shop, before Mr Khan arrived in a minicab.
A witness noted that it was obvious the couple were together but there was a “weird atmosphere” between them, jurors heard.
When Mr Khan arrived, he went straight up to them holding a large knife in his hand, jurors heard.
Ms Bex said: “Mr Khan spoke briefly to either the defendant or Mr Safi and then turned to face him at which point the prosecution suggest the knife would have been in plain view.
“Mr Safi produced a screwdriver and they began to fight. The fight lasted 15 seconds at most and it is caught on CCTV. Mr Safi died at the scene having received a number of wounds to his chest, one penetrating his heart.”
Mr Khan was injured, but calmly left the scene and his whereabouts remains unknown, the court heard.
Miss Khan, from Ilford, north London, later told police she was addicted to Snapchat.
She denies murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. The trial continues.