Daly City mother who helped hide son after alleged killing sentenced

"San Mateo County Presiding Judge Stephanie G. Garratt sentenced Zaib Un Nisa Afridi, 51, on Friday after she pled no contest in August to felony accessory to murder with aggravating circumstances. Her plea came even though her son, Maarij Abdullah Afridi, has yet to face trial in the September 2024 killing of 60-year-old Rolando Yanga. Prosecutors had alleged that after the shooting, Zaib Afridi did not call police but instead drove her son to her sister's house in Sacramento to hide."

"Garratt's sentence came after four of Yanga's family members shared impassioned speeches about the impact of the killing on their lives. Garratt called the fatal shooting senseless and added that although not the actual killer, (Zaib Afridi) bears much of the responsibility for what occurred, prosecutors said. Garratt also ordered that Zaib Afridi pay victim restitution of $17,261. The prosecution had requested the maximum sentence of three years."

"San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe said that his office does not normally get the maximum term on accessory cases, but that this case was so aggravated. This woman really went to efforts to assist her son in both accomplishing his goal and getting away, Wagstaffe said. Wagstaffe noted that Zaib Afridi assisted her son first in getting him to the location of the alleged killing, which he called egregious conduct, then by driving him to Sacramento to try and help him hide so he could eventually go somewhere else (and) escape culpability."

Zaib Un Nisa Afridi, 51, pled no contest to felony accessory to murder with aggravating circumstances and was sentenced to three years in prison. Prosecutors allege she drove her 22-year-old son, Maarij Abdullah Afridi, to the location of the September 2024 killing of 60-year-old Rolando Yanga and later transported him to a sister's house in Sacramento to hide instead of calling police. Judge Stephanie G. Garratt described the shooting as senseless and held Afridi largely responsible for her role. The court ordered $17,261 in victim restitution. The district attorney characterized the conduct as aggravated because she aided both in reaching the scene and in attempting to help her son avoid culpability.

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