"Leeds crown court heard that Franco who had consumed cannabis, cocaine, diazepam, ketamine and codeine took some petty exception to Ahmad innocuously walking past his girlfriend in the street. CCTV footage showed Franco saying something to Ahmad, and calling him over after a short verbal altercation. As Ahmad walked over, Franco opened the blade on a flick knife he was carrying in his trousers and drove it into the boy's neck."
"A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years for murdering a teenage Syrian refugee after he brushed past his girlfriend in Huddersfield town centre. Leeds crown court heard how Alfie Franco, 20, stabbed Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, shortly after Ibrahim brushed past Franco's girlfriend in April. He was found guilty of murder on Thursday."
Alfie Franco, 20, stabbed Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, in Huddersfield after Ahmad brushed past Franco's girlfriend. Ahmad, a Syrian refugee from Homs who had recently arrived in West Yorkshire after being injured in a bombing, was killed when Franco drove a flick knife into his neck. Franco had consumed multiple drugs before the attack and lured Ahmad over following a brief verbal exchange captured on CCTV. A jury convicted Franco of murder; he admitted public possession of a knife. Judge Howard Crowson sentenced Franco to life with a minimum of 23 years, rejecting Franco's claim he saw a weapon.
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