Dwain Morrison was jailed for the murder of death of Imran Isat (credit: Met Police)
Five men have been jailed for their part in the fatal stabbing of a man in Redbridge.
Dwain Morrison, 34, from Romford, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 6 October to a minimum of 33 years imprisonment for the murder of Imran Isat.
The 30-year-old victim was killed on Saturday, 19 March last year during a violent robbery in his home in Springfield Drive.
The group broke through the front door of Isat’s house at around 1.15am, two then broke down the door of Mr Isat’s flatmate while the other three went upstairs to the living room. Mr Isat went to the living room door, after hearing noise, to try and keep the men out but he couldn’t close it.
One of the men, who was holding a large knife, managed to stab Mr Isat through the gap, forcing him backwards. The robbers forced their way in armed with knives and machetes shouting “where’s the stuff?” Mr Isat said something like “don’t hurt me – take what you want,” but one of the robbers stabbed him, while another struck one of his friends on the head with the flat blade of a knife.
One of the robbers then shouted “we’ve found it”, and “let’s go”; they then ran from the scene.
CCTV later recorded one of the robbers, Paul Higgins, leaving with a bag and a suitcase and then going back inside to get a second suitcase. Another perpetrator, Ronnie Haydon also left carrying a bag. None of the defendants ever told police what was in the bags and police were never able to uncover what they stole.
