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Hitmen guilty of schoolboy murder

12:05, Feb 1 2013

 

Two bungling hitmen who stabbed an innocent schoolboy to death by mistake have been found guilty of his murder.

Ben Hope, 39, and Jason Richards, 38, both from Cardiff, were each paid £1,000 in "blood money" to murder a middle-aged family man who owed money to a shady businessman.

The "hit" went tragically wrong when the balaclava-clad killers, who were high on drugs, went to the wrong address in Roath, Cardiff, in April 2010 and murdered teenager Aamir Siddiqi by mistake.

Aamir, 17, was hacked down on the doorstep of his home. His frantic parents Iqbal and Parveen Siddiqi fought to save their son but were knifed in turn by the killers, who let out chilling howls.

Hope and Richards both denied murdering Aamir and two separate counts of the attempted murder of his parents.

They were convicted unanimously of all charges at Swansea Crown Court.

 
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