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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Drum and Bass DJ</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Partner</th><td class="infobox-data">Gemma Walker</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data">Dolores Wallace (Mother) <p>Philip Roberts (Father) </p> Peter Wallace (Stepfather)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data">Patti Roberts (Sister)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 12 March 2022, 21-year-old Thomas Roberts, from <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, was murdered by <a href="/wiki/Lawangeen_Abdulrahimzai" title="Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai">Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai</a>. Roberts was stabbed by Abdulrahimzai during an argument between Abdulrahimzai and Roberts' friend over an <a href="/wiki/Motorized_scooter" title="Motorized scooter">e-scooter</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_Town_Centre" title="Bournemouth Town Centre">Bournemouth Town Centre</a>. </p><p>Abdulrahimzai admitted <a href="/wiki/Manslaughter" title="Manslaughter">manslaughter</a> but denied <a href="/wiki/Murder_in_English_law" title="Murder in English law">murder</a>. On 23 January, he was convicted of murder and <a href="/wiki/Sentence_(law)" title="Sentence (law)">sentenced</a> to <a href="/wiki/Life_imprisonment" title="Life imprisonment">life imprisonment</a> with a minimum term of 29 years.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thomas_Roberts">Thomas Roberts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Thomas Roberts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas George Philip Roberts was a 21-year-old man from Bournemouth, Dorset. Growing up, he was a Sea Scout. Roberts was a qualified precision engineer. He was described as an 'active sportsman', enjoying mountain biking and boxing, and was a member of Christchurch Boxing Club. In his spare time, Roberts was a drum and bass DJ. Performing under the name 'Nomad', he was described as “one of the best up-and-coming artists the South had to offer”. Roberts was an aspiring Royal Marine, having completed an application form.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-taylor2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylor2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-echo4_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lawangeen_Abdulrahimzai">Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">Afghanistan</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Murder of three people, including Tom Roberts</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criminal charge</th><td class="infobox-data">Murder</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Penalty</th><td class="infobox-data">Life imprisonment with a minimum of 29 years</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Time at large</div></th><td class="infobox-data">45 hours</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Victims</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Weapons</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Knife and Kalashnikov rifle</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Date apprehended</div></th><td class="infobox-data">13 March 2022</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Imprisoned at</th><td class="infobox-data">25 January 2023</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai was born in Afghanistan in 2001. From approximately the age of four, he played cricket and, growing up, he used to train in boxing with his father. Abdulrahimzai's parents sold alcohol that they brewed on the black market, with Abdulrahimzai delivering the alcohol.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abdulrahimzai's parents were killed by the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a>, who placed bombs outside their home. The Taliban thought that Abdulrahimzai's father was working with the United States, as well as illegally selling alcohol.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abdulrahimzai stated that he was tortured by the Taliban after being kidnapped.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He claimed he had scars from this, having been stabbed 28 times, with injuries inflicted by the butts of rifles and knives.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abdulrahimzai was also stabbed four times under his arms and shot in the leg by the Taliban. After being thrown to the side of a road, Abdulrahimzai's uncle arranged for him to be taken from Afghanistan to Pakistan, Iran, and other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before October 2015, Abdulrahimzai left Afghanistan, <a href="/wiki/Illegal_immigration" title="Illegal immigration">moving illegally</a> through many international borders, initially through <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, and then between <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> before arriving in Serbia in October 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-B2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 29 October 2015, Abdulrahimzai was in Norway, where authorities took his fingerprints.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abdulrahimzai stated that he travelled from Serbia to Norway by walking or riding in the back of cars.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By July 2016, after leaving Norway, Abdulrahimzai was in Italy. From there, he returned to Serbia, where he was recorded as being on 26 June 2017, using a different name.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 31 July 2018, Abdulrahimzai used a <a href="/wiki/Kalashnikov_rifle" title="Kalashnikov rifle">Kalashnikov rifle</a> to shoot dead two Afghan men, for which he was <a href="/wiki/Convicted" class="mw-redirect" title="Convicted">convicted</a> <a href="/wiki/Trial_in_absentia" title="Trial in absentia">in absentia</a> of two counts of murder.<sup id="cite_ref-B2_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-G2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After leaving Serbia, he returned to Norway in October 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, he made a <a href="/wiki/Claim_for_asylum" class="mw-redirect" title="Claim for asylum">claim for asylum</a> in Norway.<sup id="cite_ref-B2_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-G2_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2019, it was rejected; during the same month, he <a href="/wiki/Illegally_entered_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Illegally entered the United Kingdom">illegally entered the United Kingdom</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Poole" title="Port of Poole">Port of Poole</a>, where he claimed asylum, pretending in a Home Office interview to be an <a href="/wiki/Unaccompanied_asylum-seeking_children_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the United Kingdom">unaccompanied 14-year-old</a>. He was issued a date of birth of <a href="/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>, but it was later determined that he was actually 18 years old at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-echo4_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-B2_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-G2_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-I2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-I2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He moved to <a href="/wiki/Poole" title="Poole">Poole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, where he was put into <a href="/wiki/Foster_care" title="Foster care">foster care</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-G2_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abdulrahimzai played cricket for <a href="/wiki/Winton,_Dorset" title="Winton, Dorset">Winton</a> and attended a boxing club.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He got involved in organised street fighting, where he was paid £100 for 10 minutes of fighting without gloves.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He reportedly got into fights at school and in public and stated that he was racially abused and physically assaulted.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His foster mother caught Abdulrahimzai with a knife, which she took from him before ensuring that the knives in the house were locked away. She stated that Abdulrahimzai thought it was 'his right to carry a knife to defend himself'.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He had continued to carry a knife despite police warnings.<sup id="cite_ref-echo4_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2020, Abdulrahimzai was the victim of an assault in <a href="/wiki/Kings_Park,_Boscombe" title="Kings Park, Boscombe">King's Park, Bournemouth</a>, where he was bitten, stabbed in the eyebrow, and punched by multiple people. He said that he had been chased by people with machetes in the same park. Abdulrahimzai stated that he reported every assault to the police, but they did not help him. The police had been unable to investigate the King's Park assault because Abdulrahimzai would not provide details of one of the people who punched him.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2020, Abdulrahimzai carried a knife while out shopping, as he was scared for his life after being tortured in Afghanistan and attacked since being in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His first foster mother described Abdulrahimzai as a 'very troubled individual', stating that he had 'seen things he should never have seen', growing up in 'a world at war' and that 'his default is to fight.' She described Abdulrahimzai's behaviour as 'a bit <a href="/wiki/Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde" title="Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde">Jekyll and Hyde</a>' towards the end of his time with her family, noting that his mood could go 'from 0 to 100 almost instantly' and that he had made her adult daughter cry.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2021, Abdulrahimzai had a 'big disagreement' with his foster mother, which required police attendance. After this, he moved to a new foster family.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By March 2022, Abdulrahimzai was living in hostels.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incident">Incident</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bournemouth,_shared_space_scheme_at_Horseshoe_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4838047.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bournemouth%2C_shared_space_scheme_at_Horseshoe_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4838047.jpg/220px-Bournemouth%2C_shared_space_scheme_at_Horseshoe_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4838047.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bournemouth%2C_shared_space_scheme_at_Horseshoe_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4838047.jpg/330px-Bournemouth%2C_shared_space_scheme_at_Horseshoe_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4838047.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bournemouth%2C_shared_space_scheme_at_Horseshoe_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4838047.jpg/440px-Bournemouth%2C_shared_space_scheme_at_Horseshoe_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4838047.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The vicinity of the murder. Horseshoe Common is the green space on the left, with Old Christchurch Road leading into the distance. The Subway where Roberts was murdered is further around the corner.</figcaption></figure> <p>Roberts was out in Bournemouth town centre with friends on Friday 11 March 2022. He visited various pubs and venues across the town. During the early hours of Saturday 12 March, two of his friends went home, but Roberts and his friend James Medway decided to stay out. CCTV footage showed them leaving the For Your Eyes Only venue on Old Christchurch Road, near the corner of Fir Vale Road, with the plan to get some food before taking a taxi home.<sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abdulrahimzai was in <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_Town_Centre" title="Bournemouth Town Centre">Bournemouth Town Centre</a>, in the area of Fir Vale Road, with a friend at approximately 3 AM.<sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was in possession of a knife, which he later stated was because he 'was in fear'.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 3:08 AM, Abdulrahimzai went into the London Market shop on Old Christchurch Road, where he bought a Monster energy drink and a Bounty chocolate bar, before standing outside Camel Bar at 3:10 AM. Abdulrahimzai had a fake ID confiscated by security at the venue due to it not having the correct numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was reported that for around an hour, Abdulrahimzai had been abusing the door staff at the bar.<sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to Roberts' murder, Abdulrahimzai was involved in an argument with two men, unrelated to Roberts, during which he attempted to <a href="/wiki/Headbutt" title="Headbutt">headbutt</a> someone.<sup id="cite_ref-echo4_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At 4:37 AM, Abdulrahimzai was seen riding a hired <a href="/wiki/Beryl_(company)" title="Beryl (company)">Beryl</a> <a href="/wiki/Motorized_scooter" title="Motorized scooter">e-scooter</a> and then leaving it outside a <a href="/wiki/Subway_(restaurant)" title="Subway (restaurant)">Subway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-echo32_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo32-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Roberts and Medway were walking to a taxi rank along Old Christchurch Road.<sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 4:39 AM, as they passed the Wild Fish and Chip Shop, Medway gestured to the e-scooter leaning against the window of a Subway, suggesting to Roberts that they could use it instead of getting a <a href="/wiki/Taxi" title="Taxi">taxi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-taylor2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylor2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At approximately 4:40 AM, as Medway positioned himself on either side of the scooter, he and Roberts were approached by Abdulrahimzai.<sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_news2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_news2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abdulrahimzai argued with Medway, claiming that the e-scooter was his. He was aggressive towards Roberts, who intervened as a 'peacemaker'. Roberts tried to calm the situation by telling Abdulrahimzai to 'relax, there's no problem here'. Abdulrahimzai then turned his attention from Medway to Roberts, becoming threatening. At one point, Roberts slapped Abdulrahimzai in the face.<sup id="cite_ref-taylor2_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylor2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-echo32_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo32-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-echo4_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Christchurch_Road_shops_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2103589.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Old_Christchurch_Road_shops_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2103589.jpg/220px-Old_Christchurch_Road_shops_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2103589.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Old_Christchurch_Road_shops_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2103589.jpg/330px-Old_Christchurch_Road_shops_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2103589.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Old_Christchurch_Road_shops_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2103589.jpg/440px-Old_Christchurch_Road_shops_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2103589.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth. The <a href="/wiki/Subway_(restaurant)" title="Subway (restaurant)">Subway</a> where Roberts was stabbed outside of is pictured.</figcaption></figure> <p>In response to this, at approximately 4:44 AM, Abdulrahimzai produced a 10-inch, gold-handled knife that he had been carrying in a sheath on the right side of his body, tucked into the waistband of the two pairs of trousers he was wearing. He lunged at and then stabbed Roberts twice, in the <a href="/wiki/Chest" class="mw-redirect" title="Chest">chest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abdomen" title="Abdomen">abdomen</a>. Roberts remained on his feet, while Abdulrahimzai ran onto Horseshoe Common. Medway asked Roberts if he was okay before pursuing Abdulrahimzai to try to retrieve the knife. After losing sight of Abdulrahimzai and being unable to catch up with him, Medway returned to Roberts.<sup id="cite_ref-taylor2_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylor2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-echo4_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_news2_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_news2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This claim has too many footnotes for reading to be smooth. (September 2023)">excessive citations</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>At some stage, Abdulrahimzai dug a hole in the ground, buried the knife in some bushes, and later burned the clothes he had been wearing.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Roberts had collapsed and was attended to by members of the public, who called an ambulance and attempted to manage his profusely bleeding wounds. The police were the first to arrive and conducted CPR. When the ambulance arrived, Roberts was unconscious and in cardiac arrest. </p><p>Roberts was rushed to <a href="/wiki/Poole_Hospital" title="Poole Hospital">Poole Hospital</a>, where he received immediate surgery. He went into cardiac arrest several times, but no medical intervention could save him from the wounds he had sustained, which were later confirmed by the pathologist as resulting in unsurvivable blood loss. At 8:10 AM on Sunday 13 March, Roberts was pronounced dead during surgery at the hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-taylor2_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylor2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-echo4_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the moment Abdulrahimzai approached Roberts to the stabbing, the incident lasted 26 seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-echo4_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Investigation_and_legal_proceedings">Investigation and legal proceedings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Investigation and legal proceedings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bournemouth,_Horseshoe_Common_and_Old_Christchurch_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_631381.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Bournemouth%2C_Horseshoe_Common_and_Old_Christchurch_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_631381.jpg/220px-Bournemouth%2C_Horseshoe_Common_and_Old_Christchurch_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_631381.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Bournemouth%2C_Horseshoe_Common_and_Old_Christchurch_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_631381.jpg/330px-Bournemouth%2C_Horseshoe_Common_and_Old_Christchurch_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_631381.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Bournemouth%2C_Horseshoe_Common_and_Old_Christchurch_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_631381.jpg/440px-Bournemouth%2C_Horseshoe_Common_and_Old_Christchurch_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_631381.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Horseshoe Common (looking towards Old Christchurch Road), where Abdulrahimzai fled after stabbing Roberts and where his iPhone was later located by police</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Police_investigation">Police investigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Police investigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the morning of March 12, Abdulrahimzai's phone, an <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> <a href="/wiki/IPhone_6s" title="IPhone 6s">iPhone 6s</a>, was found by police searching Horseshoe Common. He had dropped it while fleeing the scene.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_news2_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_news2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From this, officers traced Abdulrahimzai's address at Quay Foyer in <a href="/wiki/Poole" title="Poole">Poole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Authorised_firearms_officer" title="Authorised firearms officer">firearms officers</a> attended and arrested him on suspicion of <a href="/wiki/Murder" title="Murder">murder</a> just after midnight on 13 March.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-echo32_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo32-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_news2_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_news2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-echo4_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abdulrahimzai was taken to Bournemouth Custody at Bournemouth Police Station. As he was booked into police custody, Abdulrahimzai said he felt 'guilty' when asked how he was feeling. The following day, during an interview, it was established that he felt guilty about what his foster family might think.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During several police interviews, Abdulrahimzai provided no comment, stating that he did so on the advice of his solicitor.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abdulrahimzai's age was not certain; however, assessments determined he was 20 years old at the time of the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-echo4_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The knife that was used was never recovered.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-mortem_and_inquest">Post-mortem and inquest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-mortem and inquest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dr Amanda Jeffery conducted a <a href="/wiki/Post-mortem" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-mortem">post-mortem</a> on Roberts at Holly Tree Lodge, Boscombe.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She described that Roberts had received ‘sharp-force stab wounds’, which were ‘penetrating wounds caused by a sharp-bladed object’.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The upper wound to Roberts' chest was 4 centimetres in length at the skin. The knife penetrated Roberts' chest wall, cutting through skin and muscle before entering the chest cavity and damaging his ribs as it passed between the seventh and eighth ribs. The defect in Roberts' ribs was 2.5 centimetres wide. The blade also cut across the diaphragm, causing damage to the left lobe of his left lung. Additionally, the blade affected the side of the sac surrounding the heart. The depth of the wound ranged from 10 centimetres from the skin to the deepest part of the injury. Dr Jeffery stated that the damage to the ribs indicated that the minimum amount of force used was 'moderate' on a scale of mild, moderate, and severe.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Roberts' lower wound to his abdomen was 3.5 centimetres in length. The blade penetrated through the torso muscles and into the back of the abdomen below the rib cage. It sliced across the lower part of Roberts’ left kidney and opened the left renal vein before entering the space behind the stomach. The blade also left a ‘small nick’ in one of the loops of the small bowel. The length of this wound track was similar to Roberts’ other wound, but the minimum amount of force used was deemed 'mild'. However, Dr Jeffery stated that ‘greater forces may have been involved’.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The pathologist reported that the knife must have been '10 centimetres or more in length, with a width of 3.5 to 4 centimetres at the 10-centimetre point'. Dr Jeffery stated that both injuries suggested the blade had 'one cutting edge and one blunt edge'.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 March 2022, an inquest into Roberts' death was opened at Bournemouth Coroner's Court, led by Rachael Griffin, Senior Coroner for Dorset. However, the inquest was suspended due to the ongoing police investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charge_and_remand_in_custody">Charge and remand in custody</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Charge and remand in custody"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Tuesday 15 March 2022, Abdulrahimzai was charged with murder. He was remanded in custody after appearing at Poole Magistrates' Court on 16 March.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 March, Abdulrahimzai appeared at a short hearing at <a href="/wiki/Winchester_Law_Courts" title="Winchester Law Courts">Winchester Crown Court</a> via video link from <a href="/wiki/HM_Prison_Feltham" class="mw-redirect" title="HM Prison Feltham">Feltham Young Offenders Institution</a>, where Judge Angela Morris scheduled a plea and trial preparation hearing for 9 June.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 June, Abdulrahimzai pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trial">Trial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Trial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Salisbury_Law_Courts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2610109.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Salisbury_Law_Courts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2610109.jpg/220px-Salisbury_Law_Courts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2610109.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Salisbury_Law_Courts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2610109.jpg/330px-Salisbury_Law_Courts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2610109.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Salisbury_Law_Courts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2610109.jpg/440px-Salisbury_Law_Courts_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2610109.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_Law_Courts" title="Salisbury Law Courts">Salisbury Crown Court</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Abdulrahimzai's trial began on 11 January 2023 at Salisbury Crown Court.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The presiding judge was Judge Paul Dudgale. Nic Lobbenberg KC and Ellie Fargin acted as the prosecution, while Jo Martin KC and her junior, Nick Robinson, were the defence.<sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Opening the prosecution case, Mr Lobbenberg KC explained to the jury that Abdulrahimzai had already pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He stated that although Abdulrahimzai accepted he had killed Roberts, the Crown contended it was murder and that it was ‘about the circumstances’, with the Crown responsible for proving the allegation of murder.<sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mr Lobbenberg KC noted that the first issue was ‘intent’, while the second issue concerned Abdulrahimzai’s ‘loss of control’.<sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mr Lobbenberg KC told the jury that Roberts' body had no defensive injuries. He explained that one of Roberts' lungs and the left ventricle of his heart were damaged by the stab wound to his chest.<sup id="cite_ref-echo22_13-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo22-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giving evidence, Abdulrahimzai admitted to stabbing Roberts but claimed he did not intend to kill him or cause him serious harm.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abdulrahimzai stated that he told Medway to get off the scooter before Medway 'tried to act violently'.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He explained that Roberts slapped him and then punched him on the nose. Abdulrahimzai said that when Roberts and Medway looked each other in the eyes, it scared him. He claimed that he 'lost control' and 'instinctively' stabbed Roberts. Abdulrahimzai also said that he believed Medway and Roberts were there to kill him, thinking that 'the terrorists have a lot of people involved in what they do'. He stated that he did not know Roberts was injured and that the only reason he ran was because he thought Medway, who was actually carrying his trainers after his laces became undone, was chasing him with a bottle.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After running away, Abdulrahimzai went to a park in the <a href="/wiki/Charminster,_Bournemouth" title="Charminster, Bournemouth">Charminster</a> area and cried about the situation. </p><p>Abdulrahimzai stated that he obtained the knife from a friend and that when he was previously photographed with a knife, it was the same knife he used to stab Roberts. He remarked that the image was on TikTok 'to try and get some followers'.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abdulrahimzai claimed he carried a knife for his 'safety' and believed it was the only way to protect himself, as he had not received help from the police. He stated that he would use the knife if people from 'back home' were behind him.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was reported that Abdulrahimzai experienced nightmares related to the Taliban being ‘out to kill him’. One report stated that Abdulrahimzai suffered flashbacks which made it ‘hard for him to know if he is in the past or present’. A report from the <a href="/wiki/Child_and_Adolescent_Mental_Health_Services" title="Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services">Child And Adolescent Mental Health Services</a> (CAMHS) dated 3 August 2021 identified areas of need, including flashbacks and trust issues, and also noted that Abdulrahimzai’s mood could change. The report further mentioned that Abdulrahimzai was ‘very vigilant’ and believed that ‘he is better than everyone’.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A forensic psychiatrist, Dr Gauruv Malhan, gave evidence stating that he did not believe Abdulrahimzai had <a href="/wiki/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder" title="Post-traumatic stress disorder">Post Traumatic Stress Disorder</a> (PTSD) or complex PTSD, but that Abdulrahimzai exhibited traits of both. Dr Malhan stated that Abdulrahimzai met the diagnostic criteria for <a href="/wiki/Borderline_personality_disorder" title="Borderline personality disorder">Borderline Personality Disorder</a> (BPD) and met some, but not all, diagnostic criteria for <a href="/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder" title="Antisocial personality disorder">Dissocial Personality Disorder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Verdict_and_sentencing">Verdict and sentencing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Verdict and sentencing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following a two-week trial, the jury returned a majority verdict of 10 to 2, finding Abdulrahimzai guilty of murder. A minimum term of 25 years was agreed upon as the starting point.<sup id="cite_ref-echo4_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Abdulrahimzai's guilty verdict for the murder of Roberts, the court was informed that Abdulrahimzai had been previously convicted of murder, having killed two people in Serbia with a Kalashnikov rifle on 31 July 2018. Abdulrahimzai had used the name Huan Yasin and was wanted by Serbian authorities. It was believed that the previous murders were related to the people trafficking business. Abdulrahimzai was sentenced to 20 years in prison in his absence.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the previous murders occurred outside the UK or an EU country, they were not legally considered ‘qualifying offences’. However, they could be regarded as aggravating factors, and Judge Dugdale confirmed that he had to take the previous conviction into account.<sup id="cite_ref-echo4_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-echo4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Wednesday, 25 January 2023, Abdulrahimzai was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 29 years. Judge Dudgale told Abdulrahimzai that he had acted with "unjustified extreme violence."<sup id="cite_ref-:5_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_and_Council_response">Government and Council response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Government and Council response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to Abdulrahimzai's sentencing, in response to a question in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bournemouth East (UK Parliament constituency)">Bournemouth East</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">MP</a> <a href="/wiki/Tobias_Ellwood" title="Tobias Ellwood">Tobias Ellwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a>, Home Office Minister, explained that there would be a government investigation to establish the "full circumstances surrounding the case".<sup id="cite_ref-:5_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)">Bournemouth West</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">MP</a> <a href="/wiki/Conor_Burns" title="Conor Burns">Conor Burns</a> raised the case in the Commons, Jenrick later added that Abdulrahimzai could be deported at the end of his sentence.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth,_Christchurch_and_Poole_Council" title="Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council">Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council</a> released a statement saying that local communities "are not at risk from asylum seekers".<sup id="cite_ref-:5_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-inquest_review_into_Roberts'_death"><span id="Pre-inquest_review_into_Roberts.27_death"></span>Pre-inquest review into Roberts' death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Thomas_Roberts&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Pre-inquest review into Roberts' death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A pre-inquest review into Roberts' death was held on 9 August 2023. The inquest heard that Abdulrahimzai had been referred to the Home Office's anti-terrorism programme, Prevent, due to concerns that he might be susceptible to terrorism. A review was launched into Abdulrahimzai's referral to the programme.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A review commissioned into the Home Office's role in processing Abdulrahimzai's immigration status had been completed but would remain confidential internally due to the need to keep immigration procedures restricted, which were described as 'highly sensitive'.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Home Office was criticised by Coroner Rachael Griffin, as Roberts' father, Philip, had not received any contact regarding the reviews on Abdulrahimzai or the Home Office's involvement. He asked Griffin to check with Dorset Police about previous reports they had received concerning Abdulrahimzai being in possession of a knife days before Roberts' murder.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Griffin asked Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council to provide information on their age assessment checks for Abdulrahimzai, and requested <a href="/wiki/Dorset_Police" title="Dorset Police">Dorset Police</a> to supply files from the investigations, including any internal reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The inquest into Roberts' death was adjourned until a later hearing, scheduled for 9 January 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 July 2024, it was reported that the inquest had been adjourned again until August 2024, in order for Griffin to determine whether the inquest would continue. 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