Wannabe gangster who stabbed pal in throat in row over a game of FIFA jailed for 20 years
A self-styled 'gangster' who stabbed his friend to death after he laughed at him for losing a FIFA computer game was jailed for at least 20 years today
A WANNABE gangster who knifed his friend to death in a row over a game of FIFA has been jailed for at least 20 years.
Azeem Issa had exchanged "your mum" insults with tragic Sahil Roy before he plunged a 4cm switchblade into his neck.
A couple of days earlier Issa had become angry while playing computer games with his friends.
The 22-year-old, known as Ricardo, wanted to play Ultimate Fighting Championship but the others preferred the football game FIFA.
The murderer lost a match against Roy, 28, and his friends started teasing him.
Issa, who called himself a "gangster" on Facebook, turned up at Roy's house a couple of days later on April 10 this year.
The were hanging out near some bins and planned to smoke a joint but a row broke out when Issa asked to smell some of Mr Roy's cannabis.
The murder victim, who was due to be married, is said to have replied "That's what your mum's p****y smells like".
Issa replied that Mr Roy's mum was "like a petrol pump", the jury heard.
His killer, who denied murder, then knifed him in the neck and shoulder with a switchblade on the Ivybridge Estate in Isleworth, London.
Mr Roy bled to death in his mum's arms after the heartless attack, the jury.
Issa had claimed he stabbed Mr Roy to death with his own knife after he had tried to throttle him in a fit of rage.
Jailing him for life with a minimum term of 20 years, Judge Johannah Cutts QC blamed the murder on Issa's quick temper and his habit of always carrying a knife.
She said: "It was something as trivial and senseless as this that caused you to lose your temper, to take the knife from your belt, to flick it open and attack him.
"You send in your evidence that Mr Roy brought the knife to the scene. This was your knife and I'm satisfied it's the knife you habitually carried.
"This incident is a clear example of why the law takes such a serious view of carrying a knife in public places.
"If you carry a knife a knife and lose your temper it's a small step to using it with devastating results.
"No parent should see her child die before her, no parent should have her son taken from her in such a way and no parent should have to see what Mr Roy's mother witnessed that day and have to live with it.
"You've sought to malign his character - you have shown no remorse.
"There's no doubt you took the knife to the scene and used it to commit murder, but I'm not of the view you did so intending to commit murder.
"It shows you are quick to temper - your readiness to carry a knife together with being quick to temper led to the death of Sahil Roy."
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Prosecutor Riel Karmy Jones QC told the Old Bailey: "This was a senseless and sad loss of life that resulted from perhaps something that is becoming increasingly common - drugs and knives.
"Azeem Issa was in an agitated mood, desperate to find Sahill, who it appeared had been trying to avoid him.
"Sahill was rolling a joint and the defendant became increasingly agitated and was asking Sahill to give him a cigarette but he refused.
"In an outburst of temper, the defendant pulled out a knife he had concealed and stabbed Mr Roy twice, once in the right shoulder and once to the right side of his neck."
Speaking about how a row started two days before the murder, Ms Jones said: "There was some disagreement about which game they would play, FIFA or UFC.
"Ricardo (ISSA) got irritated because he couldn't play the game he wanted. In the end they gave him the spliff to stop him moaning.
"They played the game and at one point Ricardo got wound up because Sahill was teasing him about losing."
Issa, wearing a blue shirt and a striped tie looked up at the ceiling before burying his head in his hands as the jury foreman read the guilty verdict of murder today.
In a victim impact statement from Mr Roy's family, his mother Masira Manandhar said: "He was my eldest son, and had two siblings, Rubecca and Azaad.
"He was planning to get married next year. He wanted to travel and share his experience with her and eventually go on to have his own family.
"He loved playing sports, particularly football, and he was an avid gamer who loved his Playstation.
"There were many activities that he took part in that we are proud of - he did a lot of voluntary work in the community, he loved skiing and was able to ski on black slopes and passed his driving test.
"He was an extremely caring and courteous son, friend and brother who always put other before himself."
She added: "His death on April 10, 2016, has created an enormous void in all our lives and it is an unbelievable loss to all his family and friends.
"It is extremely difficult to understand why his life has been taken from us."
Sahil died in effect in his mother's arms
Prosecutor Riel Karmy Jones has told how Mr Roy bled to death in a nearby car park with friends and family around him
Ms Manandhar went on to describe her son's killer as a "violent individual" adding: "We believe he poses a risk to others. We wish for adequate punishment."
Issa was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at 10.30am on Thursday.
The murderer was known on the Ivybridge Estate to have a "bit of a temper" and to carry a knife, jurors were told.
An eyewitness and friend of the pair has said they remembered Mr Issa acting like a "cannabis fiend" on the day of the killing.
Issa was trying to get the grinder off Mr Roy before they started pushing each other, prosecutor Riel Karmy Jones QC told the jury.
She added: "This pushing lasted only for a few minutes and then the defendant suddenly pulled out the black knife, a flick knife.
"He was facing (Sahil) Roy as he swiftly jabbed at his neck area and made contact with his shoulder.
"The defendant then struck again almost immediately stabbing Sahil in the neck.
"The defendant immediately ran away."
Mr Roy collapsed in a nearby car park bleeding from his nose and mouth and was pronounced dead at 5.18pm on April 10.
The prosecutor said friends and family had gathered, adding: "Sahil died in effect in his mother's arms."
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