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| Three guilty of Somali mob murder | Three guilty of Somali mob murder |
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| Three people have been found guilty of murdering a teenager, who was beaten to death in a gang attack. | Three people have been found guilty of murdering a teenager, who was beaten to death in a gang attack. |
| Images of Mahir Osman being set upon by up to 40 people in Camden, north London in January 2006, were captured on CCTV. | |
| Ismail Mohamed, 20, Liban Elmi, 20 and a 17-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced on 11 May. | |
| The jury at the Old Bailey heard that the attack was the result of a feud between rival Somali gangs. | |
| The gangs were from the Camden and Tottenham-Edmonton areas of London. | |
| Wooden bats | Wooden bats |
| The CCTV images showed Mr Osman being punched, stamped on and stabbed 20 times on a Saturday night near Camden Tube station. | The CCTV images showed Mr Osman being punched, stamped on and stabbed 20 times on a Saturday night near Camden Tube station. |
| The jury was shown footage of the mob carrying wooden bats, bottles, hammers and knives. | |
| "It is all over literally in seconds," Brendan Finucane, QC, prosecuting, had said during the trial. | |
| "He was set upon by a gang of up to 40 Somali youths. It lasted less than a minute." | |
| After the attack, they tried to get away on a bus before it was stopped by police, the court was told. | After the attack, they tried to get away on a bus before it was stopped by police, the court was told. |
| Some of the gang evaded arrest by climbing out of the emergency exit at the back of the bus. | Some of the gang evaded arrest by climbing out of the emergency exit at the back of the bus. |
| A man, aged 25, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was found guilty of conspiracy to wound and violent disorder. | A man, aged 25, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was found guilty of conspiracy to wound and violent disorder. |
| Mohamed Mohamud, 18, Abdirahman Mohamed, 18, and youths, aged 16 and 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were found guilty of violent disorder, conspiracy to wound and conspiracy to have weapons. | Mohamed Mohamud, 18, Abdirahman Mohamed, 18, and youths, aged 16 and 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were found guilty of violent disorder, conspiracy to wound and conspiracy to have weapons. |
| Det Ch Insp Michael Broster said: "This group of men went to Camden with the sole intention of attacking anyone belonging to the opposing group. | |
| "It was a premeditated attack using a level of violence I have rarely seen." |