Man who killed canine walker recovered blameworthy of attempted execution of his landlord
ByGuy Lambert
Society reporter
A antheral who admitted stabbing a canine walker to decease has besides been recovered blameworthy of the attempted execution of his landlord.
Dawood Safi, 28, killed 49-year-old Wayne Broadhurst connected 27 October 2025 aft attacking Shahzad Farrukh, 45, successful Uxbridge.
He pleaded blameworthy astatine Southwark Crown Court to the manslaughter of Broadhurst connected the grounds of diminished responsibility. The prosecution accepted helium had been successful a psychotic authorities erstwhile it happened.
Safi besides admitted existent bodily harm, wounding with intent to perpetrate grievous bodily harm and possession of an violative weapon. He was recovered blameworthy of Farrukh's murder, and the assemblage is deliberating connected a 2nd execution complaint implicit the decease of a 14-year-old boy.
Safi's trial, which continued for the attempted execution charges, heard helium engaged successful a convulsive conflict with Farrukh and the tribunal was besides shown CCTV worldly from neighbouring properties.
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Wayne Broadhurst died astatine the scene
Safi, an Afghan exile who arrived successful the UK successful a lorry successful 2020, became Farrukh's lodger successful an annex level successful Midhurst Gardens astatine the commencement of August 2025.
At astir 16:45 GMT connected 27 October, Farrukh opened the doorway to the annex and recovered Safi equipped with a ample room knife, which helium was past stabbed with.
A neighbouring household confronted Safi successful the thoroughfare aft helium had attacked the teen and Farrukh, who was described by 1 witnesser arsenic "staggering astir covered successful blood" with "puncture wounds to his backmost and thorax area".
The tribunal besides heard helium "couldn't respire properly", owed to his injuries.
It was astatine this constituent that Broadhurst, who worked arsenic a thoroughfare sweeper, appeared from an alleyway with his dog.
A pathologist recovered that helium died "almost instantly" aft suffering astir 14 stab wounds to his neck, chest, backmost and side.
Safi was tasered and arrested by constabulary minutes later.
The tribunal heard Safi, who worked arsenic an Uber driver, had go consumed by a "depressive psychosis" starring up to the attacks.
In the days anterior to the stabbings, Safi had a intelligence wellness appraisal astatine Hillingdon Hospital due to the fact that helium was "hearing voices" and besides sought assistance astatine Hayes Police Station.
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Dawood Safi appeared astatine Westminster Magistrates' Court successful October 2025
Jonathan Laidlaw KC, prosecuting, said Safi had believed Farrukh mightiness assistance him acknowledgment to his relation with the police.
Laidlaw said: "The information the suspect was nary uncertainty successful a psychotic state... does not mean helium was incapable of forming an volition to kill."
He added: "The suspect was proceeding voices, he'd go consumed by paranoia and delusional beliefs which included that radical mostly and members of his household successful this state were some controlling him and plotting against him".
Safi was recovered blameworthy of the attempted execution of Farrukh by a assemblage astatine Southwark Crown Court.
Deliberations proceed connected the complaint of attempting to execution the teenage boy.
When helium was 10 years old, Safi had seen his begetter killed successful Afghanistan implicit a onshore dispute.
Safi gave a mendacious day of commencement connected his accomplishment to the UK, which would marque him 23 now, but helium is successful information 28, the prosecution said.
He was granted asylum successful 2022, the Home Office antecedently confirmed.
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