Bradford Cabbie Who Carried Out Religiously Motivated Murder Appeal Rejected

    A Bradford cabbie who was jailed for life for murdering a Glasgow shopkeeper who he claimed had "disrespected" Islam has had his appeal to get his minimum 27-year jail-term cut rejected.

    32 year old Tanveer Ahmed (pictured) stabbed 40-year-old Asad Shah outside his store in Glasgow's Shawlands area on 24 March. Ahmed had pleaded guilty to the religiously motivated murder at a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow, he claimed that the popular shopkeeper Mr Shah, a member of the Ahmadiya Community, had falsely claimed to be a prophet in social media postings.

    In August Ahmed was jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years before he can apply for parole.

    Appeal Judges have now ruled that the father of three's jail-term was legally sound rejecting arguments from Mr Ahmed’s advocate that a shorter sentence was warranted as his client had not tried to escape punishment, he had sat nearby waiting to be arrested and had pleaded guilty.

    However, Scotland's most senior judge, Lord Carloway, ruled that the religious feeling which had motivated Ahmed meant that the original judge had been entitled to impose the sentence she did and in no way had there been a miscarriage of justice.

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