1 00:00:08,091 --> 00:00:09,551 [man] There's guys following me. 2 00:00:10,052 --> 00:00:13,055 The Leicester Police control room received a 999 call 3 00:00:13,138 --> 00:00:14,514 from a male that was in a car. 4 00:00:23,106 --> 00:00:24,858 [man] They've got balaclavas on. 5 00:00:25,484 --> 00:00:26,902 They're trying to kill me. 6 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:29,738 This man was very, very scared. 7 00:00:30,489 --> 00:00:32,616 [man] They're right behind us. They're right behind! 8 00:00:35,410 --> 00:00:36,495 [screeching and crashing] 9 00:00:36,578 --> 00:00:38,497 They've hit into the back of the car very fast. 10 00:00:39,998 --> 00:00:43,794 They're trying to ram us off the road. Please, I'm begging you. I'm gonna die. 11 00:00:45,170 --> 00:00:47,714 It's staggering, the fear. I can't imagine the fear. 12 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:50,884 [man] I think I'm gonna die. 13 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,389 [Tony Yarwood] Then, it just went silent. 14 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:01,687 The car has been chased and rammed off the road and people died. 15 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:03,230 What is going on here? 16 00:01:05,274 --> 00:01:08,235 Social media is the heart of this investigation. 17 00:01:08,318 --> 00:01:13,448 This was a case about love, obsession, anger, extortion, 18 00:01:13,532 --> 00:01:15,534 and ultimately murder. 19 00:01:15,701 --> 00:01:18,328 [gun firing and clicking] 20 00:01:27,713 --> 00:01:31,383 [newsreader] The A46 is closed in both directions in Leicestershire this morning 21 00:01:31,466 --> 00:01:33,385 because of a collision and vehicle fire overnight. 22 00:01:34,011 --> 00:01:35,387 [police siren] 23 00:01:35,470 --> 00:01:39,349 [Tony] Within about four minutes, the first police officers arrived at the scene 24 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:44,104 on the northbound carriageway of the A46 between Leicester and Nottingham. 25 00:01:45,981 --> 00:01:51,069 The scene itself was horrific. They found the vehicle fully engulfed in flames. 26 00:01:51,153 --> 00:01:54,740 Officers were unable to approach the vehicle due to the sheer heat. 27 00:01:56,408 --> 00:02:00,120 The police were met with a car that had hit a tree with such force, 28 00:02:00,203 --> 00:02:02,748 the car had actually split in two. 29 00:02:03,415 --> 00:02:06,001 The occupants were both deceased inside the vehicle. 30 00:02:09,838 --> 00:02:11,923 [Tony] Because the bodies were so badly burned, 31 00:02:12,007 --> 00:02:15,093 we had to make the identification through their dental records. 32 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:19,056 And we identified those two young men 33 00:02:20,057 --> 00:02:24,353 as Hashim Ijazuddin and Saqib Hussain. 34 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:27,898 [Mark] One of the hardest parts is to speak to the families 35 00:02:27,981 --> 00:02:29,149 about the death of their sons. 36 00:02:34,613 --> 00:02:37,574 [Sikander Hayat] Two police ladies turned up at the house. 37 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:42,204 At that moment, I realized something's gone wrong. 38 00:02:44,998 --> 00:02:48,585 Then they told me that, "Your son has been killed." 39 00:02:49,878 --> 00:02:53,215 Everybody just started crying and wailing, and it's something that, 40 00:02:53,298 --> 00:02:56,093 your whole life, you can't forget about it, 41 00:02:56,176 --> 00:03:01,056 and it's each and every single minute, second about it, you know. 42 00:03:02,516 --> 00:03:04,393 It's too difficult to describe. 43 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:10,565 The police informed me that... 44 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:13,777 ...Saqib had passed away, 45 00:03:15,362 --> 00:03:19,366 and it just felt like my whole body went numb. 46 00:03:21,660 --> 00:03:24,162 And they believed it's a murder investigation, 47 00:03:24,246 --> 00:03:28,041 which was just truly shocking to hear. 48 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:30,627 [crowd cheering and clapping] 49 00:03:31,169 --> 00:03:34,464 Hashim, whatever he'd done, he always overdone it. 50 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:38,301 He was cut from a different cloth. 51 00:03:38,927 --> 00:03:40,887 He was totally different from the rest. 52 00:03:42,389 --> 00:03:45,475 I could not think of anything about my son 53 00:03:45,559 --> 00:03:47,936 that could lead to his murder. There's nothing at all. 54 00:03:48,770 --> 00:03:51,731 [Sajad] Saqib first met Hashim when they were at primary school. 55 00:03:52,566 --> 00:03:55,652 They actually grew closer together after secondary school, 56 00:03:55,735 --> 00:03:57,362 when they went to college together. 57 00:03:58,947 --> 00:04:02,075 Saqib had a contagious, cheeky sort of smile. 58 00:04:02,784 --> 00:04:03,952 He got on with everyone. 59 00:04:06,621 --> 00:04:10,417 I didn't even, in my wildest dreams, think anything like this would ever happen. 60 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:14,963 It was just mind-boggling to think, why would anyone do this? 61 00:04:17,841 --> 00:04:22,554 I got to the control room and declared that this was a murder investigation, 62 00:04:22,637 --> 00:04:24,598 and went by the name of Operation Feather. 63 00:04:27,809 --> 00:04:30,687 [Mark] Once you identify that it's a murder investigation, 64 00:04:30,771 --> 00:04:33,064 a lot more officers are deployed. 65 00:04:33,148 --> 00:04:36,526 We would have had 40 or 50 detectives gathering the evidence. 66 00:04:37,778 --> 00:04:41,323 When any murder investigation starts, the clock is always ticking. 67 00:04:41,406 --> 00:04:43,784 I'm trying to work out, "What could this be about? 68 00:04:44,785 --> 00:04:47,579 Is it domestic-related? Is it gang-related?" 69 00:04:47,662 --> 00:04:50,624 We don't know yet, but that's the information that we need. 70 00:04:51,750 --> 00:04:54,878 [Saqib] There's guys following me. They're trying to kill me. 71 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:59,674 The 999 call was a really key bit of evidence in this case. 72 00:04:59,758 --> 00:05:02,219 It gave us a lot of information straightaway. 73 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:04,805 [Saqib] Yes. Yes, I'm being followed by two vehicles. 74 00:05:04,888 --> 00:05:08,767 One is Audi TT. I can't get the registration number. 75 00:05:09,267 --> 00:05:12,896 It was key for me that I identified those cars. 76 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:14,314 It's a race against time. 77 00:05:17,234 --> 00:05:19,945 We look for CCTV, we look for witnesses. 78 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:26,618 [Mark] Where the murder occurred is an unlit stretch of dual carriageway. 79 00:05:26,701 --> 00:05:28,453 There are no buildings around it, 80 00:05:28,537 --> 00:05:31,957 so we were hampered because we didn't have any CCTV 81 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,253 that actually covered the final moments of the pursuit. 82 00:05:38,964 --> 00:05:44,052 So, therefore, we had to work backwards and gather the CCTV on the route 83 00:05:44,135 --> 00:05:47,389 to show the sequence of events leading up to the crash. 84 00:05:49,766 --> 00:05:53,687 [Tony] It is a huge, mammoth task, almost like looking for a needle in a haystack. 85 00:05:58,149 --> 00:06:03,905 But within three hours, officers had managed to identify CCTV, 86 00:06:03,989 --> 00:06:08,618 which showed us that Saqib and Hashim had driven their car, 87 00:06:08,702 --> 00:06:13,707 a silver Škoda Fabia, into a nearby Tesco's car park. 88 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:15,500 It's a fairly empty car park. 89 00:06:16,877 --> 00:06:21,256 We see Saqib and Hashim go to the far end of the car park away from Tesco's, 90 00:06:21,339 --> 00:06:23,133 and there are two other vehicles there. 91 00:06:23,592 --> 00:06:28,597 All three vehicles were in the car park about 10 minutes before the crash. 92 00:06:29,598 --> 00:06:32,100 That was a eureka moment in the investigation. 93 00:06:33,268 --> 00:06:35,645 [Mark] It's at that point that I think Saqib and Hashim 94 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:37,564 understand that something's happening, 95 00:06:37,647 --> 00:06:40,275 and they're scared and they leave very, very quickly. 96 00:06:41,568 --> 00:06:45,530 They had seen something they didn't like, and they were trying to get away. 97 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:52,787 And one of the cars immediately follows the Škoda out, followed by the second one. 98 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:57,792 That is the point when a car chase started. 99 00:07:01,504 --> 00:07:04,049 But why were these three cars in this place? 100 00:07:04,132 --> 00:07:05,967 And then why did one wanna get away? 101 00:07:06,801 --> 00:07:08,678 We had to work out what was going on. 102 00:07:12,182 --> 00:07:15,685 We established the registration number of the Audi TT, 103 00:07:15,769 --> 00:07:17,937 and it came back to a hire company. 104 00:07:19,189 --> 00:07:24,694 It was in the hands of a lady who came from the Stoke area, 105 00:07:24,778 --> 00:07:28,031 so officers were dispatched to that address. 106 00:07:31,576 --> 00:07:34,079 And there they found Mahek Bukhari. 107 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:39,959 -Oh, my days! Is that May B Vlogs, yeah? -Yeah, it is. 108 00:07:40,043 --> 00:07:43,129 -I'm a massive fan, honestly. -Oh, my God, no way. That means a lot. 109 00:07:47,801 --> 00:07:51,638 [Mark] Mahek Bukhari was a glamorous TikTok influencer. 110 00:07:51,721 --> 00:07:53,932 [speaking Spanish] Hola! Soy Dora! 111 00:07:54,516 --> 00:07:57,018 [speaking English] Can you show me where I asked for your opinion? 112 00:07:58,436 --> 00:08:03,692 [Mark] She had over 100,000 followers and millions of likes on various videos. 113 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:05,694 It's really unusual 114 00:08:05,777 --> 00:08:08,988 to see a TikTok influencer involved in a murder investigation. 115 00:08:09,239 --> 00:08:11,825 [gun firing and clicking] 116 00:08:21,918 --> 00:08:25,255 After we had identified Mahek Bukhari was living in Stoke, 117 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:27,257 we sent local officers to her home address. 118 00:08:29,134 --> 00:08:33,763 The officers were keen to understand who had been driving the Audi TT. 119 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:37,892 No, yeah, we were out. 120 00:08:37,976 --> 00:08:41,187 -Where were you at? Where was that? -So, first, we stayed here, 121 00:08:41,271 --> 00:08:43,481 and then we went straight to Nottingham. 122 00:08:43,565 --> 00:08:44,566 Right. 123 00:08:45,108 --> 00:08:47,610 -Okay. In the Audi? -Yes. 124 00:08:47,694 --> 00:08:48,695 -Audi, yeah. -Right. 125 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:54,492 She put herself in the Audi TT in Nottingham. 126 00:08:55,201 --> 00:08:58,913 From CCTV footage, we could put that Audi TT 127 00:08:58,997 --> 00:09:03,376 close to the scene of this murder in Leicester, moments before the crash. 128 00:09:04,669 --> 00:09:07,547 We knew it just didn't tally up. She was lying. 129 00:09:09,257 --> 00:09:14,971 And the fact that Mahek had put her mum in the car was a significant point. 130 00:09:15,055 --> 00:09:20,810 The decision was therefore made to arrest, both, Ansreen Bukhari and Mahek Bukhari 131 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:22,187 on suspicion of murder. 132 00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:26,441 [Mark] To arrest mother and daughter on suspicion of murder, 133 00:09:26,524 --> 00:09:28,735 I've never experienced that before. 134 00:09:29,194 --> 00:09:30,236 Right. 135 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:34,282 [Tony] I had to ask myself, "Why is this social media influencer 136 00:09:34,365 --> 00:09:38,411 and her mum, Ansreen, linked to a car that is linked to a murder?" 137 00:09:38,495 --> 00:09:39,954 [hip-hop music playing] 138 00:09:40,038 --> 00:09:43,541 Hello, lovelies! Welcome back to my YouTube channel, guys. 139 00:09:45,043 --> 00:09:47,670 [Naveed Central] Mahek was known as "May B Vlogs" online. 140 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:49,547 I hope you guys enjoy. See you later. 141 00:09:49,631 --> 00:09:54,511 She was doing dance videos, posting on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram. 142 00:09:57,722 --> 00:10:02,519 Me and Mahek met originally on TikTok. I don't wanna get any public backlash, 143 00:10:02,644 --> 00:10:04,687 but I just want people to know my side of the story. 144 00:10:06,564 --> 00:10:08,900 When I met Mahek, her followers were around 100K, 145 00:10:08,983 --> 00:10:11,820 but then it went up to about 180K. 146 00:10:11,903 --> 00:10:14,364 I remember her telling me she wanted to reach 200K. 147 00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:18,118 Mahek was studying fashion in Manchester University. 148 00:10:18,993 --> 00:10:21,871 She didn't want to go ahead with university, so she dropped out. 149 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:24,874 She wanted to focus on her career with TikTok. 150 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:26,751 She was good at what she was doing. 151 00:10:26,835 --> 00:10:30,338 She was successful, getting more followers. 152 00:10:30,421 --> 00:10:34,134 It's been so fricking long. Like, I feel so bad. 153 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,011 [Rajiv] She was living the dream. 154 00:10:37,095 --> 00:10:40,098 She was being invited to all these fancy places 155 00:10:40,181 --> 00:10:44,519 that she wouldn't necessarily have got the opportunity to go to. 156 00:10:45,270 --> 00:10:47,272 [ex-partner] She was making money off her TikTok. 157 00:10:47,355 --> 00:10:50,275 The more views she would get, she would get more money out of it. 158 00:10:51,359 --> 00:10:54,279 [Naveed] Just because I was creating content and she was creating content, 159 00:10:54,362 --> 00:10:56,573 I ended up meeting her in person. 160 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:59,826 May B Vlogs' in the building. You get me, though? Hello! 161 00:10:59,909 --> 00:11:02,245 -What you saying, G? You good, yeah? -Hey! Yeah. 162 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:05,582 [Naveed] We'd been invited to an influencer event for a restaurant opening 163 00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:07,041 and her mum was at the event. 164 00:11:07,125 --> 00:11:08,960 -Hello, lovelies! -Hi! 165 00:11:09,043 --> 00:11:12,797 Mahek and Ansreen's relationship was quite an interesting one. 166 00:11:14,716 --> 00:11:18,720 [Tony] Ansreen is also heavily involved with the social media world. 167 00:11:19,637 --> 00:11:21,973 [Rajiv] Ansreen was a mum of two. 168 00:11:22,056 --> 00:11:24,851 She was married, she worked in retail. 169 00:11:24,934 --> 00:11:29,147 She lived in Stoke-On-Trent, originally of Pakistani origin. 170 00:11:29,230 --> 00:11:32,734 It was a fairly dull, humdrum lifestyle. 171 00:11:32,817 --> 00:11:36,863 That was until her daughter's social media career took off. 172 00:11:36,946 --> 00:11:38,198 Hot mom check. 173 00:11:40,325 --> 00:11:44,954 The content that Mahek and Ansreen were putting out there was sexualized. 174 00:11:45,038 --> 00:11:46,706 It was immodest. 175 00:11:48,541 --> 00:11:50,752 Especially within the Pakistani community. 176 00:11:52,378 --> 00:11:55,924 Coming from a Muslim background, it did spark a lot of controversy, 177 00:11:56,007 --> 00:11:58,218 but once she was doing videos with her mum, Ansreen, 178 00:11:58,301 --> 00:12:00,261 she built a lot of followers, more and more. 179 00:12:03,223 --> 00:12:06,893 I felt as if her mother, Ansreen, was obviously feeding off Mahek, 180 00:12:06,976 --> 00:12:08,728 getting the perks Mahek was also getting. 181 00:12:08,811 --> 00:12:10,813 She was constantly with Mahek 24/7. 182 00:12:11,981 --> 00:12:14,984 Ansreen definitely became obsessed with the social media world. 183 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:19,239 I'm not heavily into this social media side, 184 00:12:19,322 --> 00:12:20,949 so I'm trying to work out 185 00:12:21,032 --> 00:12:24,410 what is this about and what does it mean in relation to this investigation. 186 00:12:29,374 --> 00:12:34,295 Both, Ansreen and Mahek were taken to be interviewed about this murder. 187 00:12:35,713 --> 00:12:39,259 With any suspect interview, we have a limited time 188 00:12:39,342 --> 00:12:42,053 that we can hold them in custody. 189 00:12:42,136 --> 00:12:44,847 It's an initial 24 hours, so the clock is ticking. 190 00:12:45,473 --> 00:12:49,894 Tell me, in as much detail as you can, please, about your movements. 191 00:12:49,978 --> 00:12:52,897 We've gone straight with my mum, just with me and my mum, 192 00:12:52,981 --> 00:12:55,692 we've gone straight. Our intentions were Nottingham. 193 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:59,487 Instead of an hour-and-twenty, took us an hour-and-forty-five to 50 minutes. 194 00:12:59,570 --> 00:13:01,322 And we've ended up in Leicester... 195 00:13:01,406 --> 00:13:03,074 [Tony] She doesn't get lost in Nottingham. 196 00:13:03,157 --> 00:13:05,868 We know that from the CCTV enquiries that are going on. 197 00:13:05,952 --> 00:13:10,373 The story then changes that she's driving along very normally, 198 00:13:10,456 --> 00:13:13,209 and then, she says, the silver car goes past. 199 00:13:13,293 --> 00:13:14,877 It's come zooming down. 200 00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:18,673 I've kept the second-to-three-second rule gap, 201 00:13:19,132 --> 00:13:22,010 and then the blue León's in front, and I'm at the back. 202 00:13:22,093 --> 00:13:25,013 This silver car has come and cut into the middle. 203 00:13:25,096 --> 00:13:27,432 So, we're basically all three cars, very close. 204 00:13:27,515 --> 00:13:31,519 She's, you know, "I'm driving ever so safely. I stick to the speed limit." 205 00:13:31,602 --> 00:13:34,647 The silver car's hit the blue car at the back, like a touch, 206 00:13:34,731 --> 00:13:37,275 but you can tell the blue car's gone a bit faster. 207 00:13:37,358 --> 00:13:40,611 All I see is flames. 208 00:13:40,695 --> 00:13:43,948 I've gone past this and I've seen flames on the other side. 209 00:13:44,032 --> 00:13:46,325 I started bursting out in tears, and I was like, 210 00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:49,954 "Mum, is this the same car?" And she was like, "Don't shake, it's okay." 211 00:13:50,038 --> 00:13:51,664 'Cause... But we didn't see it. 212 00:13:51,748 --> 00:13:54,917 And the reason why I haven't reported it and I didn't see or anything 213 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:57,545 is only because there was ambulances straightaway already there... 214 00:13:57,628 --> 00:13:59,505 [Mark] We knew that the ambulance hadn't been called. 215 00:13:59,589 --> 00:14:03,092 There was no other emergency vehicles at the scene of the crash, 216 00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:04,802 until the police officers arrived. 217 00:14:06,054 --> 00:14:09,640 [Tony] It was a ball of flames with Saqib and Hashim still in there. 218 00:14:09,724 --> 00:14:13,728 And they did nothing at all to try and help those two lads. 219 00:14:14,270 --> 00:14:15,730 Absolutely nothing. 220 00:14:15,813 --> 00:14:17,815 In my eyes, that was despicable. 221 00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:20,068 When I play this footage, please, ma'am, 222 00:14:20,151 --> 00:14:22,278 I want you to focus your attention, please, on there. 223 00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:23,362 Okay. 224 00:14:23,446 --> 00:14:27,033 You said you did not see any other car. 225 00:14:27,617 --> 00:14:29,327 -Yeah. Like I... -That footage... 226 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:33,581 -Yeah. -...shows you following a blue car. 227 00:14:33,664 --> 00:14:35,625 -I understand, I understand. Yeah. -Okay. 228 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:37,418 You could see her demeanour changing. 229 00:14:37,502 --> 00:14:40,963 She was becoming more uncomfortable 'cause she knows she was lying. 230 00:14:41,589 --> 00:14:43,758 And she knows we know she's lying. 231 00:14:43,841 --> 00:14:45,426 How do you account for that? 232 00:14:47,804 --> 00:14:48,805 Can I have a sec? 233 00:14:48,888 --> 00:14:51,182 Yeah. My client is indicating for a break, so... 234 00:14:51,265 --> 00:14:52,934 Okay, absolutely, absolutely. 235 00:14:53,017 --> 00:14:57,814 We were getting closer to the truth and reality is dawning on her. 236 00:15:09,909 --> 00:15:12,036 Whilst the interviews are going on with Mahek, 237 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,623 we've got other officers doing a suspect interview with Ansreen. 238 00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:21,838 But she didn't answer any questions. She went "no comment" to questions. 239 00:15:23,422 --> 00:15:25,675 Which, for me, raises alarm bells. 240 00:15:26,843 --> 00:15:31,264 I felt both, Mahek and Ansreen were hiding a lot of information from us. 241 00:15:32,515 --> 00:15:37,520 It was clear that behind the veneer of this glamorous social media life 242 00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:40,565 that Ansreen and Mahek were portraying, 243 00:15:40,648 --> 00:15:44,152 there was something very, very dark that was taking place. 244 00:15:45,403 --> 00:15:48,322 Being a friend or family member of an influencer 245 00:15:48,406 --> 00:15:51,075 can be quite intoxicating. 246 00:15:51,909 --> 00:15:54,662 [ex-partner] There was a lot of men commenting on Ansreen's appearance, 247 00:15:54,745 --> 00:15:57,707 calling her beautiful, the way that she was dressed, 248 00:15:57,790 --> 00:16:00,084 the way that she was showing her skin. 249 00:16:00,168 --> 00:16:02,587 She was also getting the same attention Mahek was getting. 250 00:16:04,005 --> 00:16:06,424 [Naveed] And she was probably excited about the fact 251 00:16:06,507 --> 00:16:09,427 that she had younger men more attracted to her. 252 00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:12,555 During my time with Mahek, 253 00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:16,601 I did find out that her mother was having affairs behind her husband's back, 254 00:16:17,101 --> 00:16:19,604 and Mahek was keeping that secret from her dad. 255 00:16:20,771 --> 00:16:23,107 My trust immediately broke with Mahek. 256 00:16:24,108 --> 00:16:27,570 And I did end up leaving her. 257 00:16:32,909 --> 00:16:34,827 [Tony] Whilst the interviews are continuing, 258 00:16:34,911 --> 00:16:40,082 we still got to continue the hunt for other people involved in this murder. 259 00:16:42,043 --> 00:16:44,086 [Mark] Further CCTV that we discovered... 260 00:16:44,295 --> 00:16:47,840 ...shows three cars together for the very first time. 261 00:16:47,924 --> 00:16:50,092 So, there was a second vehicle involved 262 00:16:50,176 --> 00:16:52,720 and we needed to track down that second vehicle. 263 00:16:54,263 --> 00:16:57,225 We knew it was a blue SEAT León 264 00:16:57,308 --> 00:17:00,144 travelling back away from Leicester through Loughborough 265 00:17:00,228 --> 00:17:02,146 and back towards the West Midlands 266 00:17:02,230 --> 00:17:04,607 after Saqib and Hashim had been killed. 267 00:17:06,317 --> 00:17:11,489 So, we contacted West Midlands Police and notified them to stop the vehicle 268 00:17:11,572 --> 00:17:13,950 and arrest the occupants on suspicion of murder. 269 00:17:23,084 --> 00:17:26,754 [Tony] A short time later, West Midlands Police came across that vehicle. 270 00:17:26,837 --> 00:17:30,049 There was only one person in the car at that time, and that was the driver, 271 00:17:30,132 --> 00:17:31,467 and that was Natasha Akhtar. 272 00:17:32,593 --> 00:17:35,596 [Rajiv] Natasha Akhtar was in her early twenties. 273 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:40,977 She was a law student, but she was also trying her hand at social media. 274 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:45,898 She was on TikTok, but she was nowhere near as popular as Mahek. 275 00:17:46,023 --> 00:17:47,525 [beeping] 276 00:17:47,608 --> 00:17:50,069 [Mark] We were hoping that Natasha would also provide us 277 00:17:50,152 --> 00:17:53,990 with an account about her movements, her involvement, 278 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:56,909 but also really importantly, who else was in the vehicle. 279 00:17:58,286 --> 00:18:02,456 [Tony] Natasha opted to go "no comment" during her series of interviews. 280 00:18:03,291 --> 00:18:06,294 To just go silent can be frustrating. 281 00:18:10,464 --> 00:18:14,385 At this point in the investigation, we've got three women in custody. 282 00:18:15,344 --> 00:18:18,639 We've got two cars with just three ladies 283 00:18:18,723 --> 00:18:23,185 who've done such an extreme crime as to ram a car off the road. 284 00:18:24,854 --> 00:18:27,106 We recovered phones from those people. 285 00:18:27,189 --> 00:18:29,066 Those phones are examined, 286 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:32,862 but Mahek's phone was PIN-locked. 287 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:35,072 So, we needed a PIN code to get into it. 288 00:18:38,075 --> 00:18:42,997 Within that phone could be a significant amount of evidence and information. 289 00:18:45,249 --> 00:18:47,668 But unfortunately, she didn't give us that PIN code. 290 00:18:49,545 --> 00:18:53,758 But we still got phones from Natasha, phones from Ansreen. 291 00:18:54,884 --> 00:18:57,762 And we were soon able to establish, 292 00:18:57,845 --> 00:19:01,766 around the time of the crash and shortly before, 293 00:19:01,849 --> 00:19:05,061 several phone calls going in between two other numbers, 294 00:19:05,144 --> 00:19:09,190 associated to a Raees Jamal and a Rekan Karwan. 295 00:19:11,692 --> 00:19:14,445 [Mark] We were able to link Raees Jamal and Rekan Karwan... 296 00:19:14,570 --> 00:19:17,448 ...to Mahek's social media accounts. 297 00:19:17,531 --> 00:19:19,950 They were followers of her on social media. 298 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:23,079 Looking at their phone data, we could put them 299 00:19:23,204 --> 00:19:26,374 in the proximity of the crime scene at the time of the offence. 300 00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:29,710 [Saqib] There's guys following me. 301 00:19:30,878 --> 00:19:32,338 They've got balaclavas on. 302 00:19:33,381 --> 00:19:36,509 Could these be the males that were wearing balaclavas in the car? 303 00:19:38,427 --> 00:19:43,891 [Mark] By the time we'd arrested Rekan and Raees, we had five people in custody. 304 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:47,853 But we needed to understand if anybody else had been in the vehicle. 305 00:19:53,150 --> 00:19:56,028 It was a difficult time because we didn't really know 306 00:19:56,112 --> 00:19:58,614 the whole truth of what had happened that evening. 307 00:20:01,951 --> 00:20:04,745 [Sikander] As the days passed, the information from the police was 308 00:20:04,829 --> 00:20:07,289 trickling in as they were doing the investigation. 309 00:20:07,373 --> 00:20:09,792 But they kept us updated, 310 00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:12,753 one arrest, the second arrest, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. 311 00:20:14,630 --> 00:20:16,716 [Sajad] The family liaison officers were great, 312 00:20:17,425 --> 00:20:20,094 and I was really grateful for them, 313 00:20:20,177 --> 00:20:23,514 because we wanted justice for our children, Saqib and Hashim. 314 00:20:29,437 --> 00:20:34,066 [Tony] As the CCTV inquiries progressed, we located a camera, 315 00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:36,610 which showed at 2:00 in the morning, 316 00:20:36,694 --> 00:20:39,113 a short time after the crash, 317 00:20:39,989 --> 00:20:43,492 a group of people walking along the street in Leicester. 318 00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:48,789 A group, slightly split, of a total of seven people. 319 00:20:49,707 --> 00:20:53,043 And we were able to identify through clothing 320 00:20:53,127 --> 00:20:57,006 that we'd recovered from the five people we had in custody, 321 00:20:57,089 --> 00:21:03,554 Natasha, Mahek, Ansreen, Rekan, and Raees were part of that group. 322 00:21:04,722 --> 00:21:06,849 That's a significant breakthrough. 323 00:21:11,312 --> 00:21:16,692 Have we now got, maybe, eight people involved and included in the two cars? 324 00:21:17,735 --> 00:21:21,071 And three of them were outstanding. We needed to find those people. 325 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:33,918 [newsreader] Two women charged with murder 326 00:21:34,001 --> 00:21:36,921 after two people died in a car crash in Leicestershire. 327 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:41,133 [Rajiv] When Mahek and Ansreen were charged with murder, 328 00:21:41,217 --> 00:21:45,721 there was a lot of chatter on social media, a lot of speculation. 329 00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:50,976 Remember, Mahek Bukhari, the TikTok influencer and her mum? 330 00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:53,854 They have this really adorable wholesome family image 331 00:21:53,938 --> 00:21:56,190 and suddenly, they're on trial for murder? 332 00:21:57,441 --> 00:22:02,112 And so they start plotting, planning, scheming... 333 00:22:02,196 --> 00:22:05,991 Y'all need to quit going on social media and giving the police the blueprint. 334 00:22:06,075 --> 00:22:07,910 So, this is obviously a massive shock. 335 00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:10,454 The whole scenario is just wild. 336 00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:12,456 It's so bizarre. 337 00:22:14,083 --> 00:22:15,417 "What the hell is happening here?" 338 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:19,088 I first heard when Mahek and Ansreen had been arrested 339 00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:22,925 when I think most of us heard, when it went online. 340 00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:27,680 Mahek and Ansreen's arrest went viral 341 00:22:27,763 --> 00:22:32,601 not only because of their relationship but also because she was an influencer. 342 00:22:38,607 --> 00:22:41,819 [ex-partner] I was just looking into the phone and I was just purely in shock. 343 00:22:41,902 --> 00:22:42,987 I had no words. 344 00:22:43,654 --> 00:22:47,533 I felt as if every influencer started to speak about the story. 345 00:22:47,616 --> 00:22:50,911 There were a lot of hate comments under TikTok videos. 346 00:22:54,248 --> 00:22:58,168 [ex-partner] I did hide away from all of it. I was worried 347 00:22:58,252 --> 00:23:00,170 because I was Mahek's ex-partner. 348 00:23:00,254 --> 00:23:01,755 I used to get a lot of death threats, 349 00:23:01,839 --> 00:23:04,675 so, mentally, it was really draining for me. 350 00:23:04,758 --> 00:23:07,094 It's a scary place, the social media world. 351 00:23:07,177 --> 00:23:10,097 May B Vlogs, it's not a good idea for you to be out and everything, 352 00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:12,391 because people are after you. 353 00:23:19,565 --> 00:23:23,944 Within five weeks, we had located and arrested the three other people. 354 00:23:24,695 --> 00:23:28,657 They were Mohammed Patel, Sanaf Gulammustafa 355 00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:30,618 and Ameer Jamal. 356 00:23:31,368 --> 00:23:35,247 So in total, eight people had been identified and arrested. 357 00:23:42,546 --> 00:23:46,550 It was just shocking and heartbreaking 358 00:23:46,634 --> 00:23:52,056 to know so many people had been involved in murdering Saqib and Hashim. 359 00:23:54,391 --> 00:23:56,977 I just couldn't make sense of who these people were 360 00:23:57,061 --> 00:23:59,355 and why they had done what they'd done. 361 00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:11,825 It was tricky for the police to work out exactly what was going on, 362 00:24:11,909 --> 00:24:14,161 to piece together a motive. 363 00:24:14,244 --> 00:24:17,414 Why were two men found dead in a car? 364 00:24:21,418 --> 00:24:24,880 [Mark] We knew that Saqib and Hashim had travelled from Banbury, 365 00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:28,342 we knew that Ansreen and Mahek had travelled from Stoke, 366 00:24:28,425 --> 00:24:32,304 and we knew the others had travelled from the West Midlands in Leicester. 367 00:24:32,388 --> 00:24:34,223 So, we felt there was some planning involved. 368 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,856 Everything seemed to come back towards Mahek and Ansreen, 369 00:24:42,940 --> 00:24:45,401 as if the whole thing centred around those two. 370 00:24:47,611 --> 00:24:50,906 We had to show that they intended to murder somebody. 371 00:24:52,449 --> 00:24:56,537 And it's very difficult to prove "intent to kill" to a jury. 372 00:24:58,205 --> 00:25:02,167 So there was a lot of pressure on myself and others to present our evidence, 373 00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:05,004 mainly for the families 'cause we were doing it for them. 374 00:25:12,136 --> 00:25:17,933 Just over a year after the crash, just two days before the trial, 375 00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:22,604 detectives made a monumental discovery that blew the case wide open. 376 00:25:23,731 --> 00:25:26,025 And that gave them all the answers they needed 377 00:25:26,108 --> 00:25:29,570 for a motive as to why the two men were murdered. 378 00:25:32,656 --> 00:25:36,493 We were able to access Mahek Bukhari's phone, 379 00:25:36,577 --> 00:25:41,749 and that provided us with a raft of information and evidence 380 00:25:41,832 --> 00:25:43,709 that brought the whole case together. 381 00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:49,590 This was a really important discovery. 382 00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:52,885 It was just such a key moment for us. 383 00:25:59,683 --> 00:26:03,187 [reporter] The prosecution opened its case against the eight defendants today, 384 00:26:03,270 --> 00:26:04,772 including two women... 385 00:26:04,855 --> 00:26:07,191 [Sajad] When the trial was about to start, 386 00:26:07,274 --> 00:26:10,152 there was so much media attention to this case. 387 00:26:10,736 --> 00:26:13,363 Very difficult to stay focused 388 00:26:13,447 --> 00:26:16,283 when so many people are watching or talking about you. 389 00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:18,452 [reporter] The families of Saqib and Hashim 390 00:26:18,535 --> 00:26:21,038 were ready to find out the fate of their murderers. 391 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:24,083 There are so many people involved in today's case. 392 00:26:24,166 --> 00:26:26,001 It is a rollercoaster. 393 00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:31,632 [reporter] A social media influencer and her mother have gone on trial for murder. 394 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:36,261 It's unclear how much of this they actually planned. 395 00:26:36,970 --> 00:26:38,013 It's up for debate. 396 00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:41,433 And this is one of those cases where it is hard 397 00:26:41,517 --> 00:26:44,812 to get the exact truth on what happened. 398 00:26:50,192 --> 00:26:51,902 [Sikander] I've never been to a trial ever, 399 00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:56,156 but I went every single day and I would not... 400 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,326 I was not willing to miss a second of the trial. 401 00:27:01,912 --> 00:27:03,914 It was very important to me to be there 402 00:27:03,997 --> 00:27:09,837 because I was the father of Hashim, and, for me, I had to represent him. 403 00:27:12,214 --> 00:27:15,050 [Mark] When we started the trial, we could show connections, 404 00:27:15,134 --> 00:27:17,511 we could show the motive, we could show the reasons. 405 00:27:19,429 --> 00:27:23,976 What they found within Mahek's phone confirmed exactly what had gone on. 406 00:27:25,435 --> 00:27:27,563 [Mark] We had looked through Ansreen's phone, 407 00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:33,151 but we couldn't find any real links between her and Saqib. 408 00:27:34,194 --> 00:27:37,447 But the messages that had been deleted from Ansreen's phone 409 00:27:38,031 --> 00:27:39,366 were on Mahek's phone. 410 00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:45,455 Between August 2021 and February 2022, 411 00:27:45,539 --> 00:27:50,586 there were in excess of 1,700 calls or messages 412 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:53,505 between Saqib and Ansreen. 413 00:28:00,637 --> 00:28:05,601 [Tony] There was explicit photographs within Saqib's phone of Ansreen. 414 00:28:05,684 --> 00:28:09,021 So, all this put together, confirmed that there was an affair 415 00:28:09,104 --> 00:28:14,985 between Ansreen and Saqib for, approximately, three years. 416 00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:21,825 This is a 21-year-old lad having an affair 417 00:28:21,909 --> 00:28:25,621 with a lady in her mid-forties 418 00:28:26,163 --> 00:28:28,832 who was married, with a family. 419 00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:32,085 But what really jumped out was her daughter 420 00:28:32,169 --> 00:28:34,046 knew about the relationship as well. 421 00:28:34,129 --> 00:28:35,672 This was unprecedented. 422 00:28:35,756 --> 00:28:39,509 This was such a bizarre set of circumstances. 423 00:28:43,597 --> 00:28:45,599 [Rajiv] There was this huge bombshell 424 00:28:46,725 --> 00:28:52,147 when it was revealed that Ansreen had been having an affair with Saqib. 425 00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:53,857 That was a complete shocker. 426 00:28:55,275 --> 00:28:58,445 From the press perspective, it became a bigger story. 427 00:29:01,615 --> 00:29:06,703 We weren't aware of his relationship with Ansreen until it came out in court. 428 00:29:06,787 --> 00:29:09,039 It was a bit of a shock to the system. 429 00:29:09,122 --> 00:29:12,793 I didn't know that Saqib was talking to somebody of that age. 430 00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:18,173 I was shocked to hear that Ansreen was dating a much, much younger guy. 431 00:29:19,466 --> 00:29:23,595 The repercussions for Ansreen of the affair getting out 432 00:29:23,679 --> 00:29:25,389 could have been quite serious. 433 00:29:25,472 --> 00:29:27,933 She literally would have lost everything. 434 00:29:31,895 --> 00:29:35,774 Mahek's social media influence would have also been tarnished. 435 00:29:35,857 --> 00:29:38,443 So Ansreen wanted to break the relationship 436 00:29:38,527 --> 00:29:41,738 between Saqib and herself in January 2022, 437 00:29:41,822 --> 00:29:43,907 and it's at that moment there that it escalates. 438 00:29:49,246 --> 00:29:53,000 He was almost obsessed with her and he couldn't handle this breakdown. 439 00:29:55,210 --> 00:29:58,088 At this point, things took a more sinister turn. 440 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:04,845 [Tony] Saqib was threatening to circulate those explicit photos, 441 00:30:04,928 --> 00:30:09,182 to tell Ansreen's husband about the affair. 442 00:30:12,394 --> 00:30:14,813 [Tony] And he wanted a sum of money paid, 443 00:30:14,896 --> 00:30:18,400 in his eyes, to stop these photographs being circulated. 444 00:30:19,985 --> 00:30:24,614 If obsession becomes out of control, it's a very dangerous emotion. 445 00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:39,046 [Rajiv] During the trial, the prosecution had to piece together 446 00:30:39,129 --> 00:30:44,092 the exact circumstances that led to the murders of Hashim and Saqib. 447 00:30:47,971 --> 00:30:52,434 [Tony] We could see from the messages between Saqib and Ansreen 448 00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:54,686 that the threats were coming in. 449 00:30:54,770 --> 00:30:56,313 So, Ansreen couldn't deal with this, 450 00:30:56,396 --> 00:30:59,024 so she turned to her daughter, Mahek, for help. 451 00:31:02,194 --> 00:31:04,738 [Mark] Ansreen had told Mahek about the affair, 452 00:31:04,821 --> 00:31:08,325 and the escalation of calls, and the various threats. 453 00:31:10,452 --> 00:31:14,372 And there's a key message from Mahek that goes back to Ansreen that says, 454 00:31:15,791 --> 00:31:20,087 "I'll get him jumped by some guys and he won't know what day it is." 455 00:31:22,047 --> 00:31:25,842 That message was really important for us 'cause it shows Mahek's intent 456 00:31:25,926 --> 00:31:28,428 to cause some form of harm to Saqib 457 00:31:28,512 --> 00:31:33,767 by bringing people together to seize that phone off him, by whatever means, 458 00:31:34,768 --> 00:31:37,771 so that he would be prevented from sharing those images. 459 00:31:43,777 --> 00:31:45,487 [Tony] She contacts Rekan. 460 00:31:46,279 --> 00:31:48,198 And we can see from phone records 461 00:31:48,281 --> 00:31:51,618 that Rekan then starts to recruit others to take part. 462 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:55,914 And we have this group that comes together 463 00:31:55,997 --> 00:32:00,168 as part of Mahek's plan to prevent that harm to her mum. 464 00:32:09,553 --> 00:32:11,805 Saqib's messages are becoming more intense. 465 00:32:11,888 --> 00:32:16,518 It's as if Saqib's becoming more agitated, more desperate. 466 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:30,448 [Mark] Because Saqib isn't getting any answers from Ansreen, 467 00:32:30,532 --> 00:32:31,867 he escalates it even further. 468 00:32:36,371 --> 00:32:42,127 He's gonna come to Stoke, he's gonna show her husband and her son the photographs, 469 00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:46,298 and that's the point where I think that Mahek and Ansreen panic. 470 00:32:48,341 --> 00:32:50,427 [Tony] They need to act, they need to act quick. 471 00:32:50,510 --> 00:32:52,721 And it could well have been the tipping point 472 00:32:52,804 --> 00:32:56,308 of when Mahek says, "We will initiate the plan." 473 00:32:58,894 --> 00:33:04,274 They were going to lure Saqib to Leicester and pay him the money that he was after. 474 00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:07,319 But there was no money. 475 00:33:09,571 --> 00:33:13,658 Saqib finished his shift at work and he came home. 476 00:33:13,742 --> 00:33:16,661 He was a bit quiet. A lot quieter than normal. 477 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:32,469 [Tony] We found CCTV that showed Mahek and Ansreen stopped off 478 00:33:32,552 --> 00:33:35,889 on the way into Leicester and put fuel into the car. 479 00:33:37,974 --> 00:33:40,936 Later on that evening, Saqib said, "Dad, I'm just gonna go out, 480 00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:43,772 I'm just grabbing some food, and I'll be back in a bit." 481 00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:48,693 And after checking the CCTV, I could see Hashim's car outside. 482 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:54,824 The last interaction that Hashim had with his mother, 483 00:33:54,908 --> 00:33:58,411 as per her story, she said that he came home and he said, 484 00:33:58,495 --> 00:34:01,081 "Mum, I'm just giving somebody a lift, I'll be back very soon." 485 00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:05,293 [Mark] Hashim is purely an innocent person. 486 00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:11,341 He has no connection and no knowledge of Mahek or Ansreen, or anybody else. 487 00:34:11,424 --> 00:34:12,717 He was just helping a friend. 488 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:19,933 The meet was to take place on Tesco's car park, 489 00:34:20,642 --> 00:34:22,560 just on the outskirts of Leicester. 490 00:34:25,605 --> 00:34:29,150 Mohammed Patel was an eyewitness in the Audi. 491 00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:32,654 So he was actually in one of the suspect cars 492 00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:33,905 as the incident was happening. 493 00:34:34,864 --> 00:34:40,578 And he told us that when they met at the Tesco car park, 494 00:34:40,662 --> 00:34:44,749 he was shown balaclavas and was given, by Raees, 495 00:34:44,833 --> 00:34:46,835 a wheel brace for a car, 496 00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:49,504 clearly to use as a weapon, I would suggest. 497 00:34:52,716 --> 00:34:57,178 Saqib and Hashim drove the Škoda into Tesco's car park 498 00:34:57,262 --> 00:35:01,099 and they clearly saw the León and the TT. 499 00:35:01,182 --> 00:35:02,642 They weren't comfortable. 500 00:35:04,394 --> 00:35:07,772 They left, and that's when the chase starts. 501 00:35:10,191 --> 00:35:13,445 [Saqib] There's guys following me. They've got balaclavas on. 502 00:35:18,158 --> 00:35:20,452 They're right behind us. They're right behind. 503 00:35:21,244 --> 00:35:23,538 Just at the start of the A46, 504 00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:27,083 we can see the SEAT León 505 00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:30,962 accelerates past the Škoda, and goes in front of it. 506 00:35:31,046 --> 00:35:34,799 There's a clear attempt to box in the Škoda and try and stop it. 507 00:35:34,883 --> 00:35:37,886 That's at the point when our CCTV coverage stops. 508 00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:40,055 There's no further coverage of the A46. 509 00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:46,811 But our eyewitness tells us of an open phone line between the cars, 510 00:35:46,895 --> 00:35:49,606 so he's able to hear both sides of the conversation. 511 00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:54,402 There was a phone call between Hashim's phone, 512 00:35:54,486 --> 00:35:57,405 being used by Saqib, and Mahek. 513 00:35:57,947 --> 00:36:00,867 And she says, "Watch what I'm gonna to do to you." 514 00:36:01,117 --> 00:36:03,745 [engines roaring] 515 00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:07,374 They're now reaching speeds of 100 miles an hour to try and get away. 516 00:36:08,041 --> 00:36:10,168 But these cars are keeping up with them. 517 00:36:10,251 --> 00:36:13,254 It's staggering, the fear. I can't imagine the fear. 518 00:36:16,466 --> 00:36:22,055 There's a conversation between Rekan and Raees, the driver of the SEAT León. 519 00:36:23,098 --> 00:36:27,310 Raees is heard to say, "I'm gonna have to stop this guy, I might have to ram him." 520 00:36:28,228 --> 00:36:30,855 To which Rekan replies, "Ram him." 521 00:36:31,773 --> 00:36:33,942 [Saqib] They've hit the back of the car very fast. 522 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:37,862 They're trying to ram us off the road. Please, I'm begging you, I'm going to die. 523 00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:41,282 The SEAT León was travelling at 80 miles an hour when it rammed the Škoda. 524 00:36:41,825 --> 00:36:43,410 [Saqib] I think I'm gonna die. 525 00:36:43,993 --> 00:36:47,747 [Tony] And you can hear the sheer panic on Saqib's voice. 526 00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:49,416 [screeching] 527 00:36:52,544 --> 00:36:53,795 And then there's silence. 528 00:36:57,340 --> 00:37:00,885 [Mark] It was probably one of the most horrific 999 calls you could hear. 529 00:37:01,845 --> 00:37:03,221 But it's their last words. 530 00:37:04,597 --> 00:37:05,724 Really impacted. 531 00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:12,021 I think it's just the words, his voice. 532 00:37:22,031 --> 00:37:26,953 [Sajad] It was very emotional and very distressing to hear that phone call. 533 00:37:28,496 --> 00:37:33,752 It was just so hard to take, to hear the fear in his voice. 534 00:37:36,212 --> 00:37:40,425 [Mark] I certainly was very comfortable that we had done everything we could 535 00:37:40,967 --> 00:37:42,927 to put this to the jury, 536 00:37:43,011 --> 00:37:44,804 and, ultimately, it's their decision. 537 00:37:46,222 --> 00:37:49,726 [Sikander] The jury had retired to deliberate, 538 00:37:49,809 --> 00:37:54,272 and I was very, very nervous that the verdict might not go our way. 539 00:37:55,231 --> 00:37:58,777 I was just, like, praying and praying and praying that it'd go our way. 540 00:37:59,986 --> 00:38:04,449 Mahek's demeanour was quite surprising, because she was quite jovial. 541 00:38:04,532 --> 00:38:06,659 And that was quite shocking to see, really, 542 00:38:06,743 --> 00:38:10,205 because she was in court, charged with murder, 543 00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:15,502 and this was being followed so closely on all the various social media platforms. 544 00:38:16,044 --> 00:38:19,172 [Noor Jasmine] She was laughing and joking with her co-defendants 545 00:38:19,255 --> 00:38:20,924 while they were sat at the dock. 546 00:38:21,007 --> 00:38:25,512 Mahek was playing Monopoly and Uno, like, in the courtroom. 547 00:38:25,595 --> 00:38:28,640 [Adrian] Mahek was seen by reporters outside of Leicester Crown Court 548 00:38:28,723 --> 00:38:30,934 laughing and waving at them from a balcony. 549 00:38:31,017 --> 00:38:33,770 It's just so sick, you know? It's... 550 00:38:33,853 --> 00:38:36,606 It's just disrespectful upon disrespectful. 551 00:38:44,197 --> 00:38:48,701 I still remember looking directly at the dock when they read the verdicts out. 552 00:38:48,785 --> 00:38:50,453 Some breaking news to bring you, 553 00:38:50,537 --> 00:38:52,664 and in the past hour, a mother and daughter 554 00:38:52,747 --> 00:38:56,709 have been found guilty of murdering two young men 555 00:38:56,793 --> 00:38:58,795 during a car chase in Leicester. 556 00:39:12,767 --> 00:39:18,231 Ansreen, maybe, was prepared and knew what was coming. 557 00:39:18,314 --> 00:39:22,819 However, Mahek, who seemed to think she would get away with all this, 558 00:39:22,902 --> 00:39:27,323 was more in shock and anger, and screamed out and kicked out. 559 00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:31,995 It's the only time where mother and daughter have been convicted 560 00:39:32,078 --> 00:39:34,497 of murder of two people in the UK. 561 00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:41,170 When the verdicts came through, social media went wild. 562 00:39:41,921 --> 00:39:45,800 Ansreen and Mahek are massive liars. 563 00:39:45,884 --> 00:39:48,761 There was so much evidence presented in the trial. 564 00:39:48,845 --> 00:39:51,055 You're a liar, she's a liar. 565 00:39:51,139 --> 00:39:53,766 You would lie for her, she lied for you, like... 566 00:39:54,601 --> 00:39:55,685 I rest my case. 567 00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:02,650 My family and I would like to thank Leicestershire Police 568 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:06,237 for ensuring that those responsible for Saqib and Hashim's death 569 00:40:06,321 --> 00:40:07,488 could not evade justice. 570 00:40:07,572 --> 00:40:11,868 We got justice for Saqib and Hashim, and their family. 571 00:40:13,161 --> 00:40:15,163 But I wish I wasn't here, 572 00:40:15,246 --> 00:40:18,124 because people have lost their lives if we're doing our job. 573 00:40:22,837 --> 00:40:27,342 [Sajad] Social media played a big part in all this situation. 574 00:40:28,843 --> 00:40:33,306 The judge said that Mahek had become utterly self-obsessed 575 00:40:33,389 --> 00:40:37,352 and that she had developed a sense of self-entitlement. 576 00:40:38,811 --> 00:40:43,107 Mahek's worry and fear about the loss of her influence 577 00:40:43,191 --> 00:40:44,567 caused a lot of what happened. 578 00:40:45,526 --> 00:40:49,030 If she had not been so fixated with her social media account, 579 00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:50,823 Saqib and Hashim would be alive today, 580 00:40:50,907 --> 00:40:52,867 because she would not have done what she did. 581 00:40:54,077 --> 00:40:59,582 [Sajad] For us, as a family, it feels like we're beginning our own life sentence. 582 00:40:59,666 --> 00:41:02,919 We're going to have to spend the rest of our lives without our son. 583 00:41:06,714 --> 00:41:09,842 By killing my son, in essence, they've killed me as well, 584 00:41:09,926 --> 00:41:11,970 because I'm not the same person anymore.