Murdered Aamir Siddiqi’s sister tells suspect ‘you’re not really free’

The grieving sister of a schoolboy stabbed to dying in his personal home in a mistaken id hit has advised a fugitive wished in related together with his homicide to “cease trying over his shoulder” and hand himself in.

It’s 15 years since 17-year-old Aamir Siddiqi was attacked in entrance of his mother and father and two hitmen have been convicted of his homicide – however the man suspected of ordering the killing remains to be on the run.

Mohammed Ali Ege is certainly one of Europe’s most wished males and Aamir’s sister has appealed to him, telling him he is “not free” and all the time “anxious about slipping up”.

“He is obtained a household, he is obtained a mum and none of them are seeing him this isn’t dwelling,” mentioned Nishat Siddiqi.

Her youthful brother Aamir thought he was opening the door to a trainer when he was stabbed to dying in a frenzied drug-fuelled assault by contract killers Jason Richards and Ben Hope.

The 2 heroin addicts have been paid £1,000 to kill an harmless businessman and father-of-four who lived in a neighbouring avenue in Cardiff in an act of revenge over a property deal that turned bitter.

However, in what the prosecution described as “staggering incompetence”, Richards and Hope went to the mistaken home within the Roath space of the Welsh capital.

The intense, formidable scholar, who wished to learn regulation at Cardiff College, had turned down a recreation of soccer together with his mates and was revising for his A-level exams upstairs at his residence when the doorbell rang.

Aamir innocently answered his door anticipating to see his native imam for a Koran lesson however was confronted by two balaclava-clad knifemen fuelled up on heroin who pushed their method in and stabbed him to dying earlier than he might say a phrase.

Richards and Hope have been sentenced to life and ordered to serve a minimum of 40 years every in jail for killing Aamir in April 2010, however the man who detectives suspect ordered the contract killing fled the nation.

Ege, suspected of conspiracy to commit homicide, was arrested in India in 2011.

However after a six-year extradition course of, he went back on the run by escaping by way of a railway station rest room window and now eight years later is believed to be in the Middle East.

“He is not actually free,” Nishat advised the BBC Sounds podcast Making Of A Fugitive.

“He is on the run, all the time trying over his shoulder, all the time anxious about whether or not or not he’ll slip up.”

South Wales Police have beforehand provided a £10,000 reward for any data that will result in the arrest of the fugitive often known as Wales’ most wished man.

“In the event you’re harmless, you’ve got obtained nothing to concern and you need to come again residence to clear your identify,” added guide heart specialist Nishat, 48.

“You may assume you are free since you escaped from police custody and have been on the run for years, however you’ve got condemned your self to a lifetime of exile on the run, removed from residence.”

Nishat, who’s 16 years older than Aamir, additionally hopes her enchantment on Making Of A Fugitive could urge somebody to buy Ege to the authorities.

“Any person someplace may pay attention,” she mentioned.

“In the event that they know one thing and in the event that they really feel of their coronary heart of hearts that they actually ought to talk up then possibly this may encourage them to do exactly that.

“As a household we’ve got suffered the type of grief, shock and horror that by no means actually leaves you. And in a bizarre method he is dwelling that with us as a result of he isn’t actually free.”

Nishat nonetheless retains her youthful brother’s pockets, reads his social media posts and retains in contact together with his previous mates, like greatest mate Saeed Kidwai.

On the day he was murdered, Saeed had requested Aamir to play five-a-side soccer however he selected to remain residence to check for his A-level exams later that summer time.

“I keep in mind the match completed at 1:40pm and I later came upon he handed away at 1:40pm,” he remembered.

It is one of many sliding door “what if” moments that hang-out Aamir’s household and mates.

It was the tip of the varsity time period and Saeed recalled: “Simply earlier than he left he went round to quite a lot of the boys and he was like ‘oh boys let me take a selfie with you as a result of that’ll be the final time I see you in all probability earlier than I’m going to college’.”

Saeed didn’t have an image, including: “I used to be like ‘I will see you on the weekend or one thing’.

“I by no means thought in like 1,000,000 years that might be the final time I might see him,” he mentioned.

“I really feel I’ve had an entire chapter of my life, graduating and getting married however my spouse has by no means met him, my son won’t ever meet him. How do I maintain that reminiscence alive?”

Saeed took his child son to satisfy Aamir’s mother and father Iqbal and Parveen, who have been additionally injured within the assault.

“His mum was so affectionate and loving and his dad simply held him for ages and it was actually emotional for me to see,” recalled Saeed.

“I believed this does not really feel actual. I nonetheless really feel like I am 17 or 18 in my coronary heart and I am nonetheless ready for him to pop across the nook,” he mentioned.

“His quantity remains to be the primary quantity I’ve in my cellphone e book, as a result of it is two A’s in his first identify. I nonetheless cannot delete it.

Aamir’s household love seeing his previous mates develop into adults with households of their very own and careers.

“It is so great to see,” mentioned Nishat. “It additionally makes me so really feel so unhappy as a result of that ought to have been my brother as nicely.”

Aamir’s household discovered it laborious to stay dwelling in the identical home after his dying and so they’ve since left Cardiff.

“We saved his garments in his cabinet, his toys, every thing for months on finish,” mentioned Nishat.

“We even placed on certainly one of his jumpers as a result of it smelt of him.

“There is a {photograph} of Aamir when he was having fun with his second birthday celebration, consuming some squash, and he is standing on the precise spot the place he died.

“That is in all probability why we discovered it laborious to stay in the home once more as a result of the home was stuffed with very completely satisfied recollections.”

South Wales Police praised the dignity of Aamir’s household all through such a traumatic ordeal and mentioned they continue to be dedicated to tracing and arresting Ege.

“We’d ask anybody who has details about his whereabouts to please get in contact – for Aamir’s household,” the police assertion added.

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