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| Rapper Isaac Stone murder: Four men found guilty | Rapper Isaac Stone murder: Four men found guilty |
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| Four men from Bedford have been found guilty of murdering a rapper in a fight sparked by a music video. | Four men from Bedford have been found guilty of murdering a rapper in a fight sparked by a music video. |
| Mohammed Hussain, 22, Rubel Miah, 19, his brother Javed Miah, 21, and Fahim Khan, 20, all denied murdering Isaac Stone, 19, a rapper known as Dynamikk. | Mohammed Hussain, 22, Rubel Miah, 19, his brother Javed Miah, 21, and Fahim Khan, 20, all denied murdering Isaac Stone, 19, a rapper known as Dynamikk. |
| They also denied the attempted murder of Mr Stone's friend Shajidur Rahman, whose nose was sliced in the fight. | |
| The attack happened in Costin Street, Bedford, after they were mocked in a YouTube video, Luton Crown Court heard. | The attack happened in Costin Street, Bedford, after they were mocked in a YouTube video, Luton Crown Court heard. |
| Mr Stone died after being stabbed four times on 25 January, with one blow puncturing his lung. | Mr Stone died after being stabbed four times on 25 January, with one blow puncturing his lung. |
| The four were all found not guilty of attempted murder of Mr Rahman but Rubel Miah and Fahim Khan were convicted of grievous bodily harm with intent. | The four were all found not guilty of attempted murder of Mr Rahman but Rubel Miah and Fahim Khan were convicted of grievous bodily harm with intent. |
| All four were found guilty of two counts of carrying an offensive weapon which were the two machetes used in the attack. | |
| All four lived in Bedford, Hussain at Maitland Road, the Miah brothers in Costin Street where the attack took place, and Khan in Fenlake Road. | |
| They drove around the town white Range Rover hired in Luton for £150 and armed themselves with knives and meat cleavers. | |
| Mr Stone, with friends in a Vauxhall Corsa, left the car for a what he believed would be a fist-fight. | |
| He was cornered in Costin Street by the armed gang and was punched and kicked repeatedly after being chased through the town. | |
| Prosecutor Vincent Coughlin QC said the motive for the "murderous attack" at 18:20 GMT was not entirely clear. | |
| But the day before, an amateur music video called "Go Missing" was posted on YouTube in which Isaac Stone, Shajidur Rahman and others appeared. | |
| In the course of the film, alcohol was sprayed over the name 'Raz' that had been painted on a wall. "It upset someone," said the prosecutor. | |
| The jury was shown CCTV which showed a fast-moving street brawl ending with Isaac being cornered behind a parked car. | |
| He was pronounced dead in hospital at 19.15 GMT. | |
| Mr Stone's mother Yvette Lendore said: "Everybody loved Isaac and Isaac loved everybody. | |
| "He used to play for Bedford Town, which is where he got the name Dynamic because he was so quick. | |
| "Then he got into his music. It is not all positive things in that music but some people take the words literally but they are just lyrics." | |
| He was the first pupil to be made a prefect at Harrowden Middle School and about 900 people turned up at his funeral. | |
| Judge Richard Foster said he would sentence the men later on Tuesday. |