Shocking CCTV shows moment thugs fist bump after stabbing teenager to death in 'unprovoked attack' in west London

Shocking CCTV footage shows the moment two teenagers fist bumped after stabbing an 18-year-old to death with Rambo-style knives in west London.

William Haines, 18, and a 17-year-old youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, set upon Yusuf Mohamed outside a food shop in Shepherd’s Bush on the evening of June 26 last year.

The trial had heard how Mr Mohamed had been walking on Uxbridge Road with friends when he was targeted “for no obvious reason” by the defendants, who were both armed with large Rambo knives.

Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones said: “Suddenly, and for no obvious reason, the two defendants crossed the road towards Yusuf and his friends.

“Yusuf Mohamed had no time to run away, he had no time to do anything to protect himself. Unlike his attackers, he was not carrying a weapon. He stood no chance.”

Haines, who reached him first, acted with “brutal efficiency” as he swung his blade at the victim and stabbed him in his heart.

The prosecutor told jurors: “Seeing Yusuf collapse to the floor, and as Yusuf desperately tried to retreat, crawling backwards on his elbows, (the 17-year-old) took out his own knife and followed him, stabbing him in the leg as he lay defenceless.

“As the two young men ran away, tucking their knives back out of sight, they gave each other a fist bump as if to say, ‘Well done us’.”

Mr Mohamed died later the same night despite the efforts of medics.

Jurors were shown “distressing” CCTV footage of the attack on Mr Mohamed outside the Intercontinental Foods shop.

They were also shown images of his killers giving each other a fist bump afterwards.

Haines, of Acton, west London, had accepted being the person in the CCTV footage but claimed he could not remember the incident in the footage, having had a drink.

Haines was convicted of murder and possession of points and blades on Friday following a trial at the Old Bailey.

His co-accused was cleared of murder but had admitted the lesser offence of manslaughter and having a knife.

Following the verdicts, the defendants were remanded into custody to be sentenced on February 24.