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Trial begins over murder of Aseel Al-Essaie AN OUGHTIBRIDGE man is alleged to have admitted ordering the killing of a 23-year-old man in February 2017.
Matthew Cohen, 29, lived in Oughtibridge at the time of his arrest in connection to the murder and is alleged to have told an inmate at HMP Doncaster he told Dale Gordon, 33, to shoot Aseel Al-Essaie. Mr Al-Essaie died after he was shot at point blank range as he sat in his car on Daniel Hill, Sheffield. Mr Cohen, Mr Gordon and Keil Bryan, 32, are on trial at Sheffield Crown Court with all three denying murder. Prosecutor David Brooke QC told the jury that Mr Cohen made the alleged confession in June after his arrest and incarceration. The inmate said Mr Cohen had told him they had been looking
The prosecution allege Mr Gordon shot Mr Al-Essaie with a .44 calibre Smith & Wesson revolver.
The prosecutor said: “The inmate was clear that it was meant as a reference to the murder of Aseel.” Three other men and woman from Sheffield are also on trial.
Mr Bryan is said to have been sat in the back of the car at the time of the shooting.
Mr Good, of Ringstead Crescent, is alleged to have set fire to the VW Golf on the orders of Mr Cohen. Both men deny a charge of perverting the course of justice.
According to the inmate, Mr Cohen then asked James Good, 29, to destroy the VW Golf. It was later found burnt out in Rough Lane, Grenoside, on the same day.
Brothers Razwan, 25, and Mohammed Mirza, 30, of Staniforth Road, are said to have collected Mr Cohen, Mr Gordon and Mr Bryan after the murder. The deny assisting an offender.
The prisoner making the accusations also said he had fought with Mr Gordon at HMP Doncaster and Mr Gordon told him “You know what’s gonna happen now don’t you? You know what I did to my man?” before making a gun gesture with his fingers.
Mr Cohen’s mother, Patricia Sharp, 58, is also on trial accused of lying to police about the ownership of the car allegedly used in the killing. She denies a charge of perverting the course of justice. The trial continues.
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