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Takeaway murder defendant accused over 'a pack of lies'

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A jury has been told one of three men accused of murdering a pizza restaurant owner has a previous conviction for armed robbery.

The hearing, at Birmingham Crown Court, was told Sarwar Gader was jailed for his part in a raid in which petrol was sprayed in a shop and a postmaster was threatened with a firearm and told to hand over money.

The jury also heard Gader (35) had been convicted of the burglary of a takeaway restaurant.

Gader, with Wali Khan (32) and Naveed Naveed (28), all of Leicester, are accused of murdering 50-year-old Dogan Dogan in a robbery.

The alleged incident occurred in Mr Dogan's bedsit above Aladdin's takeaway, in Linton Street, Evington, Leicester, on January 8 this year.

The revelations concerning Gader's past were made by Naveed's lawyer, Joanna Greenberg QC, who accused Gader and Khan of telling a "pack of lies".

She said: "Gader is a devious man who, while in his 20s, was involved in a robbery where a real or imitation firearm was waived at a postmaster."

She said Gader also had a conviction for a burglary from a takeaway. Miss Greenberg added: "The other defendant, Wali Khan, has pleaded guilty to the robbery but has lied to the police to minimise his role to implicate my client."

Khan said he had left Gader and Naveed questioning Mr Dogan in the flat after helping to tie him up and steal £600 in a plastic bag. Naveed had previously told the court he was sitting in his car outside the takeaway, unaware the two men were robbing Mr Dogan.

Gader said he had gone into the flat to use the toilet and was on the lavatory when the robbery took place.

The court has been told that Mr Dogan's hands and feet were tied with yellow twine and a towel and clothing had been tied over his face, which had suffocated him and caused his death. Three of his ribs were broken and the area around an eye was bruised.

Miss Greenberg said: "It is plain that more than one person was needed to subdue Mr Dogan. Each of the other defendants has blamed each other and implicated Mr Naveed.

"There is forensic evidence which puts both of them at the scene of the robbery. Apart from their testimony, there is nothing to put my client inside the flat."

Gader, of Gleneagles Avenue, Rushey Mead, and Khan and Naveed, both of St Stephen's Road, Highfields, all deny murder. Naveed and Gader also deny robbery.

Judge Henry Globe QC is expected to sum up the evidence on Monday before sending the jury members out to consider their verdicts.

Takeaway murder  defendant  accused over 'a pack of lies'


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