Manchester: Three men behind ‘senseless’ road-rage murder jailed

Mr Al-lami was found badly hurt at about 01:40 GMT by police and taken to hospital where he later died from his injuries.

In a tribute paid at the time, his family said the 30-year-old’s “warmth and love touched the hearts of everyone that he met”.

Police said a parcel addressed to one of the men in the car had been left at the scene allowing them to track down the attackers, but it could not be determined which of the three stabbed him.

The court heard it was likely that both cars had been “racing” before meeting at the traffic lights.

In a statement by the family, the court heard how Sadiq’s family knew most of the attackers adding that Adul Wahab Babar and Sultan Bakr had “even been to our house”.

Det Insp Wilkinson said the murder was “such a senseless thing to happen”, while Karen Tonge of the Crown Prosecution Service said it was a “brutal and vicious group attack”.

“All three men attempted to blame each other for the murder, and although each played a slightly different role, all three men shared a common purpose to cause at least serious harm to Sadiq Al-Lami.”