Safi Dawood, a 23-year-old Afghan migrant, has pleaded guilty to stabbing his landlord and a 14-year-old boy in Uxbridge, west London. The incident occurred on October 27 in Midhurst Gardens, where Dawood lived as a lodger with his landlord, Shahzad Farrukh, 45.
At Southwark Crown Court on Monday, Dawood admitted grievous bodily harm with intent against Mr Farrukh and actual bodily harm against the teenager. He also pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon. The court heard that Dawood approached a witness with a knife, standing in her garden while her family tried to help the victims. A neighbour swung a walking stick at Dawood, causing him to back off.
Dawood is also charged with murdering Wayne Broadhurst, a passerby who was walking his dog and was not known to Dawood. Mr Broadhurst died at the scene from multiple stab wounds to his neck, chest, and side. No plea was entered for this charge. Dawood pleaded not guilty to two alternative charges of attempted murder.
A further case management hearing is scheduled for June 2, with a trial set for July 13. The Home Office confirmed Dawood entered the UK in a lorry in 2020 and was granted asylum in 2022.
