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A man has been convicted of murdering a teenager in a random knife attack in a Manchester street.A man has been convicted of murdering a teenager in a random knife attack in a Manchester street.
Kieran Crump Raiswell, 18, from Chorlton, was stabbed four times in Whalley Range on 16 January.Kieran Crump Raiswell, 18, from Chorlton, was stabbed four times in Whalley Range on 16 January.
Imran Akhtar Hussain, 27, of Tilehurst Lane, Bracknell, Berkshire, had denied murder but admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.Imran Akhtar Hussain, 27, of Tilehurst Lane, Bracknell, Berkshire, had denied murder but admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
A jury at Manchester Crown Court dismissed his claims that voices in his head told him to kill.A jury at Manchester Crown Court dismissed his claims that voices in his head told him to kill.
He will be sentenced on Friday.He will be sentenced on Friday.
Killer 'sniggered'Killer 'sniggered'
Mr Raiswell, who was on a gap year ahead of studying history at Sheffield Hallam University, was attacked without warning by Hussain who stabbed him repeatedly in the chest before running off.Mr Raiswell, who was on a gap year ahead of studying history at Sheffield Hallam University, was attacked without warning by Hussain who stabbed him repeatedly in the chest before running off.
Witnesses reported the killer "sniggered" as he fled.Witnesses reported the killer "sniggered" as he fled.
His mother Christine Raiswell said: "It is so completely senseless. People have said things like he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but he wasn't.His mother Christine Raiswell said: "It is so completely senseless. People have said things like he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but he wasn't.
"He was just walking along enjoying himself and somebody has attacked him. He did not have a chance to do anything. "He was just walking along enjoying himself and somebody has attacked him. He did not have a chance to do anything."
"There was no motive. It was just a random, violent assault."
His family is planning a series of events in the first weekend of September to raise money for 42nd Street, a Manchester-based charity which supports young people under stress.His family is planning a series of events in the first weekend of September to raise money for 42nd Street, a Manchester-based charity which supports young people under stress.
'Mentally ill'
The killing was the second of two street assaults committed by Hussain on strangers within 12 days in January.The killing was the second of two street assaults committed by Hussain on strangers within 12 days in January.
Hussain drove from his student flat in Coventry on 4 January and punched a man in the face in Nottingham before running off.Hussain drove from his student flat in Coventry on 4 January and punched a man in the face in Nottingham before running off.
His victim made a note of his vehicle registration number and spoke to police soon after but he remained undetected when on 16 January he travelled to Manchester. Charlotte Rimmer, district crown prosecutor at CPS North West, said Hussain had refused to accept full responsibility for his actions, "instead choosing to hide behind the defence of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility."
She added: "The jury has rejected his version of events and accepted the prosecution's case that Imran Hussain was in fact fully in control of his actions when he travelled to Manchester and stabbed Kieran to death in full view of passing members of the public."
Alistair Webster QC, defending, said the Crown had not called any evidence to dispute the view of several psychiatrists that Hussain, who is being treated at maximum-security Broadmoor Hospital, is currently mentally ill.Alistair Webster QC, defending, said the Crown had not called any evidence to dispute the view of several psychiatrists that Hussain, who is being treated at maximum-security Broadmoor Hospital, is currently mentally ill.
He submitted that a "perfectly rational explanation" for the jury's verdict was that, although Hussain was guilty of murder, they did accept that he suffered from an underlying psychotic condition.
An Independent Police Complaints Commission into Nottinghamshire Police's response to the earlier assault was launched earlier this year and is ongoing.An Independent Police Complaints Commission into Nottinghamshire Police's response to the earlier assault was launched earlier this year and is ongoing.