Four men sentenced to 76 years in total for murder of man in Hounslow

Four men have been sentenced to a total of 76 years in prison for their part in the killing of a 43-year-old man in Hounslow.

Naython Muir was stabbed to death outside a house in Parkside Road, TW3 on Friday, 13 October last year.

Yesterday, after a painstaking investigation by Met detectives to bring the four men to justice, they were sentenced at the Old Bailey:

Mahdi Mumin, 24 (01.12.99) of Lever Street, Islington was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 24 years.

Khalfani Sinclair, 23 (04.08.01) of Maple Road, Hayes was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 22 years plus 16 months for possession of a bladed article to run concurrently.

Phillip Jones, 47 (18.08.76) of Cygnet Avenue, Feltham was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 years.

Christian Braimah, 24 (12.03.00) of Elruge Close, West Drayton was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The men appeared at the Old Bailey for a trial on Monday, 2 September.

On Tuesday, 22 October, a jury unanimously found Mumin and Sinclair guilty of murder, while Jones was convicted of murder by a majority verdict.

Sinclair had previously pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article, the Zombie knife used to kill Naython.

Braimah was found not guilty of murder but was convicted of manslaughter.

Detective Chief Inspector Brian Howie, the senior investigating officer who led the investigation, said:

"The sentencing of these four men is the result of a complex and challenging police investigation.

"Naython, who was known as ‘Nayff’ to his friends and family, was a caring father, son and brother who had his own struggles in life.

"He was being used as a pawn by a drugs line to exert their control of drugs supply within the Hounslow area.

"When Naython crossed paths with the defendants, he was ambushed and subjected to a sudden, unprovoked, violent and ultimately fatal assault using a Zombie type knife.

"I would like to thank the residents of Parkside Road in Hounslow who cared for Naython until the emergency services arrived.

"Their empathy towards Naython and then later his family demonstrated a small community coming together during a very traumatic time for everyone."

In a joint statement, Naython's family said:

"Naython was brutally murdered. There are no words to describe the pain and heartache we have felt since the day we were told our ‘Nayff’ had been stolen from our family.

"Our life was torn apart and it will never be the same again.

"Nayff was a caring, selfless person who would help anyone if they needed it; he wouldn’t hurt a fly."

Naython's mother said:

"Each week, I relive the moments of seeing Nayff on his knees crying, asking for help, saying he'd been stabbed. He didn’t want to die, he loved his family and wouldn’t want to leave his son.

"A young boy has been robbed of his dad being with him for each of life's milestones. To watch the defendants have no remorse, no respect, no empathy or emotion to what they have done was beyond belief.

"Never will they be forgiven for taking Naython away from us."

As part of A New Met for London, tackling knife crime and violence is a top priority for the police. We have a duty to prevent crime and violence by providing diversions to those who need it most, and we will continue using every tactic available to prevent people getting hurt and aiming to bringing justice to those that are.

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