'Natural born killer' who stabbed pizza delivery driver to death for his iPhone is jailed
A "habitual street robber" who stabbed a pizza delivery driver to death for his mobile phone has been told he must serve at least 23 years in prison.
Kasim Ahmed was 17 when he attacked Thavisha Lakindu Peiris, 25, who was working his last ever shift for Domino's Pizza before taking up his dream job as an IT consultant.
The teenager was on bail after breaching the conditions of a court sentence for a previous street robbery when he committed the murder.
Ahmed, now 18, admitted Mr Peiris's murder and was given a life sentence at Sheffield Crown Court yesterday, along with his accomplice and cousin, Shamraze Khan, 26, who was found guilty of murder by a jury.
Mr Peiris's brother reacted to the sentence saying: "He was a natural born killer with a killer's instinct and should never have been allowed out of prison.
"He was clearly a very dangerous man and he should never have been released so he could kill normal people. It is shocking that he was allowed out on the streets to kill my brother."
The judge, Mr Justice Coulson, said Khan played a secondary role in the attack in Sheffield last October but ordered him to serve a minimum of 24 years.
Ahmed and Khan, who at the time were both living at the same address in Southey Crescent, Sheffield, had robbed a teenager and her friend of mobile phones and cash just an hour before the killing of Mr Peiris.
The victim was from Sri Lanka and had come to the UK to complete a course at Sheffield Hallam University.
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