Man jailed for attempted murder after cops found romantic messages with victim’s wife
A man has been jailed for 28 years for attempted murder after he shot a man in the legs in his own home.
Firad Muhammed, 28, of Ellison Gardens, Ealing, travelled to a home in Chingley Close, Bromley in October 2020.
He knocked on the door and when the victim, a 32-year-old man, answered, he fired two shots from a handgun, which hit his legs. Muhammed then fled the scene.
With no obvious motive for the shooting, Met detectives carried out extensive phone analysis.
They found incriminating Facebook messages between Muhammed and the victim’s wife.
The messages, many of which were flirtatious or romantic in nature, included some that revealed Muhammed expressing regret that he had come to the victim’s home address to shoot him and stating he should have done it in a different location in Bromley.
Muhammed was arrested and charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
He was sentenced to 28 years’ imprisonment at Inner London Crown Court on Friday after he was found guilty of both offences after a trial in July.
He must serve at least two thirds of his sentence in jail.
Detective Constable Ben Briselden, the officer in the case, said: “Muhammed travelled to the victim’s home address with the intention to kill him.
“When we started the investigation, there were no leads and we had to build the case through detailed mobile phone analysis.
“This could easily have been a murder investigation and I hope the sentence allows the victim, who has now made a full recovery, to move on with his life in the knowledge Muhammed is not going to be out of prison for a very long time.”
Pictured top: Firad Muhammed (Picture: The Met)