Two Met detectives commended by judge after man Ealing man convicted of attempted murder

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Judge commended ‘painstaking and thorough’ investigation

Firad Muhammed from Ealing has been sentenced to 28 years’ imprisonment after being found guilty of attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.

Muhammed (32) of Ellison Gardens, Ealing, was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court on Friday 18 November, following a trial in July.

He had gone to an address in Chingley Close, Bromley on 20 October 2020, knocked on the door and when the victim, a 32-year-old man, answered he fired two shots from a handgun, which hit his legs. Muhammed then fled the scene.

Investigating the case Met detectives Ben Briselden and Imran Hansraj analysed the content of his phone and found incriminating Facebook messages between Muhammed and the victim’s wife.

The messages, many of which were flirtatious or romantic, included some that revealed Muhammed expressing regret that he had gone to the victim’s home address to shoot him, saying he should have done it in a different location in Bromley.

Detective Constable Ben Briselden and his colleague DC Imran Hansraj received commendations from the judge in the case. Judge Ian Darling said during sentencing:

“In this investigation there is no doubt they (the police) started from scratch and built a case painstakingly and thoroughly.

“The investigation into the shooting was fraught with difficulty, it seems no one was keen to tell the police anything of the truth.

“The Met Police had no active leads on which to investigate the shooting and were completely in the dark.

“The police set about a particularly onerous and impressive trawl through phone contacts to try and identify potential suspects. It was by its nature a slow and thankless task which thankfully and to the credit of the investigate officers finally bore fruit.”

Muhammed must serve at least two thirds of his sentence in jail.

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