A teenage boy who murdered a man in a case of mistaken identity in Preston has today (Wednesday 30 November) been jailed
Police were called at around 6.25pm on Friday 8 July toEmergency services attended and found Mr Ali-Khani, 27, from Preston, with a stab wound to the chest.
He believed Mr Ali-Khani was another man, who he suspected was sending messages to one of his friends, a teenage girl. Boardman got into the car and started to argue with Mr Ali-Khani, before both got out and the confrontation continued on the street.Boardman was arrested that evening close to the scene and later charged with murder.He pleaded guilty to the offence, as well as possession of a bladed article and was handed a life sentence. He must serve a minimum of 14 years and seven months.
“Once again this investigation shows the devastating impact that knife crime has. The incident lasted for less than a minute, but the consequences are felt far and wide. Mr Ali-Khani’s family will never get over losing him – a pain which is even more acute given that he had done absolutely nothing wrong. The family and friends of Boardman have also had their lives changed – all a consequence of the decision that he made to take a knife onto the street and carry out an attack.
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