Life Sentence Handed Out for Greenford Murder
Killer of Bajram Luli to serve minimum of seventeen years
Bajram Luli. Picture: Met Police
October 15, 2024
The man who stabbed Bajram Luli to death in Greenford earlier this year has been given a life sentence.
32-year-old Sabin Manda, whose address had previously been given as Popes Lane in Ealing, had already been found guilty of murder at a hearing at the Inner London Crown Court last month.
The court had been told that Manda had become involved in a dispute over drugs with Mr Luli, who was from Edgware at around 5.30pm on 11 March on Sudbury Heights Avenue during which he inflicted knife wounds which ultimately proved to be fatal.
Manda went ‘off the grid’ for ten days saying he was scared of retribution. He had claimed after his arrest that he had acted in self defence, but CCTV evidence was found by detectives which proved this not to be the case and that the attack was unprovoked.
The sentencing hearing, which was also held at the Inner London Crown Court, too place on Thursday 11 October.
Sabin Manda went 'off the grid' after killing Bajram Luli. Picture: Met Police
Manda must serve a minimum of seventeen years.
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