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Islington Tribune - by DAVID ST GEORGE
Published: 10 October 2008

Jail term backed for role in attack that left teenager dead

A MAN jailed for his part in a mass gang brawl during which a teenager was murdered has failed to convince judges he was wrongly convicted.
Mohamed Siad, 25, also unsuccessfully argued that his potentially lifelong jail term should be cut, at London’s Court of Appeal this week.
Siad, of Riversdene, Highbury Quadrant, Highbury, was found guilty of conspiracy to wound and to possess offensive weapons at the Old Bailey in June last year.
He admitted violent disorder and robbery and was sentenced to indefinite imprisonment for public protection with a minimum term of 30 months to serve before he could even apply for parole.
Siad stood trial last year along with 12 other men who all faced various charges in connection with an attack in Camden High Street in January 2006.
Mahir Osman, 18, from Swiss Cottage, was stabbed to death. Three men were later convicted of his murder.
Chris Meredith, representing Siad, claimed his convictions were “unsafe”, because the evidence of one of his co-defendants should never have been allowed to go before the jury.
He also argued that Siad should not have been classified as dangerous by the sentencing judge.
But Lord Justice Dyson, giving his judgment on the case, said Siad had four previous convictions, and a history of possessing knives.

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