They will be sentenced on a date to be fixed.įor more of today's top stories click here.Johnny Nelson believes team bans would eradicate a lot of anti-doping violations following news of Amir Khan's two-year ban from all sports They were "the worst spotters in the world" if they were involved in the robbery, Mr Miah said.Ĭampbell, of Hornsey, and Bana, of Tottenham, both in north London, have admitted conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of an imitation firearm. There were no calls between Amin and Bana, Campbell or the third man who was alleged to have been part of the plot or any forensic evidence linking Amin to the watch or gun. It is so weak that it does not exist at all.” Zacharias Miah, defending Amin, who did not give evidence in the trial, said: “We say categorically on his behalf that the prosecution’s case does not exist against Mr Amin. Khan, who was a unified world champion at light-welterweight, said he looked into the handgun’s barrel when the robber pointed it in his face and told him: “Take off the watch.” The robbery, which lasted just seconds, was captured on CCTV which has been played to the jury. But there’s nothing funny about this young man being banged up for a year for something he didn’t do. “We might have a laugh, sometimes, in court, that’s fine, humour is human. He said there is “no evidence in this case at all that links Mr Mohamed to firearms or that he knew there was a firearm” and “there is nothing after the event that links Mr Mohamed to the robbery”. It’s just so ridiculous to have to answer to using your phone when you’re in a restaurant." "Most of us sitting in a restaurant use our phones. He added "they were legitimately out for dinner and you can see that on CCTV”, and “were eating dinner and they weren’t involved” in the robbery. Rabah Kherbane, defending Mohamed, said he gave "frank honest evidence" and on CCTV played in court "you can see he’s not a spotter". On why a gunman later turned up at the scene, he told the court: “I do not know why he came. Mohamed said he then told Bana about the boxer's presence during a phone call. He said that it was friend Mr Kulane who pointed out that Mr Khan was at the restaurant when he was spotted by fans who asked for photographs. The robbery in east London was caught on CCTV (Image: PA) He told jurors he had not heard of Mr Khan before accompanying his friends to the restaurant to break their Ramadan fast. Mohamed said Bana arranged with him to come to meet the group to buy cannabis but denied he alerted anyone from the restaurant that Mr Khan was there, and told the jury he had simply been scrolling through social media. Campbell and Bana who drove the robbers to and from the scene have previously admitted their roles in the ambush. The prosecution argued they had acted as 'spotters' and stayed in the restaurant to keep track of Mr Khan’s movements and relay them by phone to Ahmed Bana, 25. READ MORE: "This is the behaviour of a monster": 'Evil' killer who bludgeoned housemate 18 times with an axe in horror attack jailed for life Mohamed and Amin were at the restaurant with another man called Hamza Kulane, who was not on trial. Mohamed and Amin were accused of plotting an ambush with others in which Khan was forced to hand over his bespoke rose gold diamond-encrusted Franck Muller watch by gunman Dante Campbell, 20. The jury deliberated for just two hours before returning their unanimous verdicts. Ismail Mohamed, 24, of Edmonton, and Nurul Amin, 25, of Harringay, both in north London, denied conspiracy to rob and were acquitted by a jury at east London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court on today (Friday). The 36-yeard-old, from Bolton, was robbed of his £70,000 diamond-encrusted watch when leaving an east London restaurant with his wife on April 18 last year. Two men accused as acting as 'spotters' during the gunpoint robbery of former world champion boxer Amir Khan have been cleared of conspiracy to rob.
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