Killer of Thavisha Peiris was on bail

An 18-year-old who murdered the Sri Lankan pizza delivery driver Thavisha Peiris in Sheffield last year was a convicted knife robber who was on bail at the time of the killing, Sheffield Crown Court has heard today.

Kasim Ahmed stabbed 25-year-old Mr Peiris on his last shift at Domino's Pizza. The victim had been working to pay back his father for funding his education and was shortly due to begin his dream job as an IT consultant.

Ahmed and 26-year-old Shamraze Khan, who was found guilty of murder yesterday, are being sentenced today.

Khan carried out the killing just eight days after he was freed on bail having breached the terms of a detention and training order for two robberies and two offences of possessing a knife in a public place.

In 2012, he was given a two year order for the offences, the maximum penalty because he was under 18 at the time, but he was freed after a matter of months and went onto carry out the frenzied knife attack on Thavisha Peiris.

Both killers had carried out two other robberies earlier in the evening before attacking Mr Peiris as he made a delivery.