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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Diane Taylor

‘I refuse to be defined by fascism’: daughter of murder victim speaks after death of neo-Nazi killer in prison

Mohammed Saleem in when he first arrived in the UK, Maz Saleem, Maz Saleem with her parents on her university graduation day in Coventry.
Mohammed Saleem when he first arrived in the UK in the 1950s; Maz Saleem; Maz Saleem with her parents on the day of her graduation from university in Coventry. Composite: Saleem family, Getty

Neo-Nazi murderer and bomber Pavlo Lapshyn did not get to serve out the 40-year term of his sentence. He was found dead in his cell at Wakefield prison on Tuesday, 12 years after being jailed. The circumstances of his death have not yet been publicly confirmed.

The Ukrainian national was 37. He was convicted at the Old Bailey in October 2013 of murdering Muslim man Mohammed Saleem, 82, in April of that year.

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