A curry house owner has been jailed for at least 18 years for murdering another takeaway proprietor who was hacked to death after being lured to a quiet street with a fake order nearly 20 years ago.

Foyjur Rahman, 44, was accused of being one of four men involved in the attack on 25-year-old Abdul Samad in Islington, north London.

Following a trial at the Old Bailey, he was found guilty by a majority of 11 to one and was jailed for life by Judge Peter Rook QC.

Members of the victim's family burst into tears and there were cries of "yes" from the public gallery as the jury delivered its verdict after more than 12 hours of deliberations.

The court had heard how the victim, who was known as Kamal, from Bow, east London, turned up in Alwyne Road with a bag of curry after receiving a bogus order on the evening of May 21 1997.

But he dropped the curry and ran for his life when two men in black masks intercepted him armed with a meat cleaver and a knife, jurors were told.

As he was being chased down the street, the married father of two warned one shocked resident: "He's got a knife. He wants to kill me. Be careful," the Old Bailey heard.

Mr Samad, who ran Curry in a Hurry takeaway with two business partners, was then set upon on the ground before being left in a pool of blood.

He was taken to hospital where he died early the next morning. A doctor described his injuries as "horrific - the like I have never seen before in my career", the court heard.

A post mortem examination found 18 separate chopping and stabbing injuries, including a "gaping" four-inch wide wound to his waist.

The cause of death was put down to bleeding from multiple wounds and shock, prosecutor Mark Ellison QC said.

Two black masks, a bloody meat cleaver and carrier bags used to transport the murder weapons were found discarded near the scene.

At the time of the murder, Rahman was living in east London and helped to run a different curry takeaway in east Putney.

Mr Ellison told jurors that in the weeks leading up to his death, Mr Samad had been put under pressure to act as an "intermediary" between two groups of Bengalis.

When he refused to help sort out the dispute with the "Stoke Newington Boys", the victim had been threatened, jurors were told.

Mr Ellison said the defendant was also linked to the crime by fingerprints on a bag and DNA from saliva on one of the masks.

DNA from the other mask matched an associate who was extradited from Bangladesh and convicted of the murder in 2012, jurors were told.

The day after the killing, Rahman went to New York and he was only extradited from the United States in January this year.

Afterwards, Halima Begum told of the long fight for justice for her brother.

She said: "I have been waiting a long time for the trial to bring justice to the people who viciously murdered my brother who, on all accounts, was very innocent.

"The police have done a fantastic job of investigating this over the years and we are very grateful that justice has prevailed today."

She also paid tribute to the 12 witnesses who gave evidence in the trial and were "there for him on the night, held his hand and made sure he was not alone".

The investigation had spanned three jurisdictions - Britain, Bangladesh and the United States - and was helped by the advance in DNA techniques, she said.

Detective Sergeant Nick Miller said: "I have been actively pursuing Mr Rahman for a number of years. It has taken many years and liaison with law enforcement agencies across three countries to reach this stage.

"I am extremely pleased that today the jury has convicted Rahman for his part in this violent killing in 1997.

"Mr Samad's family have never given up hope of seeing those who killed a loving husband, brother and father brought before the court."

In a victim impact statement, Mr Samad was described by his family as a generous and popular young man, who was besotted by his two girls.

He had used savings from working at his father's factory on Brick Lane to set up the Indian takeaway restaurant in Islington.

His daughters, who are now aged 19 and 22, expressed "sadness" that their father was unable to share in their achievements.

Tahmin, who graduated from Queen Mary University of London, works for Oxfam, while her younger sister Tasmin is studying for a degree in bio-chemistry.