A man has been convicted of murdering a loving grandmother and stabbing her grandson leaving him with life changing injuries. 

Madni Ahmed of Cavendish Road, Stoke on Trent, stabbed Riasat Bi’s 18-year-old grandson 15 times as he slept in the front room, before fatally stabbing Mrs Bi and leaving her with more than 25 injuries at her home in Small Heath, Birmingham on the morning of the 12 July 2018. 

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He then continued upstairs where he was met by another of Riasat’s grandsons who ordered him to leave before grabbing a knife in self-defence. Ahmed refused to leave and following a scuffle he received a slash wound to his arm.

The 20-year-old fled the house via the attic window, ditching his knife in the roof guttering before jumping into a neighbour’s garden. Ahmed’s blood was later found on the fence panels as he stumbled through the garden and into a neighbour’s house, grabbing a knife from the kitchen. 

He made his way down Coventry Road before ditching his blood soaked clothes on Malmesbury Road. He had called a taxi to collect him from The Akers Trust to take him back to a hostel in Newtown. 

However, later that evening, Ahmed was arrested at a hospital in Stoke-on-Trent after detectives traced the phone he had been using throughout the day.

Today (January 10) at Birmingham Crown Court he was found guilty of the murder of Mrs Bi and attempted murder of her grandson. 

Detective Inspector Harry Harrison from Force CID, said: “This was a pre-meditated attack, with Ahmed intent on killing someone that day by taking a knife to the home of an elderly lady. 

“Ahmed claimed that he was looking for someone at the address and when he couldn’t find who he was looking for, he attacked Riasat’s grandson while he was sleeping, leaving him with life changing injuries. He then went on to carry out a horrifying attack on a defenceless elderly lady.

“This was a horrendous and violent attack and although no sentence will ever compensate for what Ahmed has caused this family, I hope they can find some closure in that justice has been served today."