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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Harry Cockburn

Uber driver who killed dog walker is also found guilty of trying to murder his landlord

An artist’s sketch of Dawood Safi flanked by guards
An artist’s sketch of Dawood Safi, who has admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA

An Uber driver who stabbed a dog walker to death in a “frenzy of violence” while in the grip of a psychotic episode has also been found guilty of trying to murder his landlord.

Dawood Safi, 28, killed 49-year-old Wayne Broadhurst in the random knife attack last October, just minutes after attacking his landlord, Shahzad Farrukh, and a boy of 14.

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