Gang convicted of racist murder
8th November 2006
Three men have been jailed for life for murdering schoolboy Kriss Donald in a horrific race hate attack. Imran Shahid, 29, his brother Zeeshan Shahid, 28, and Mohammed Faisal Mushtaq, 27, were found guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh of the racially-aggravated murder. Kriss, 15, was stabbed 13 times and set on fire while he was still alive, on a quiet walkway behind Celtic FC's training ground in Glasgow in March, 2004.
During the trial, prosecutor Mark Stewart QC described the killing as "an appalling crime of inhumanity against a defenceless boy". Kriss was snatched near his home in a random act that was racially motivated. He was taken on a terrifying 200-mile journey across Scotland before being driven to a secluded spot where he was left for dead. Expert witnesses said they believed the teenager was still alive as his body burned.
Judge Lord Uist told the three that the "savage and barbaric nature of this notorious crime has rightly shocked and appalled the public". He said: "You have all been convicted by a jury of the racially aggravated abduction and murder of Kriss Donald - a wholly innocent 15-year-old boy of slight build.
"He was selected as your victim only because he was white and walking in a certain part of the Pollokshields area of Glasgow when you sought out a victim.
"This murder consists of the premeditated, cold-blooded execution of your victim by stabbing him 13 times and setting alight with petrol while he was still alive. It truly was an abomination."





(26th Feb 2002)



