Jalal Uddin murder trial

The family of an Imam from Rochdale who died in an ISIS - inspired killing say they're still struggling to come to terms with his death.

Manchester Crown Court heard Mohammed Syeedy took part in a plot to kill 71 year old Jalal Uddin, because he thought he was involved in black magic.

Syeedy denied helping a friend to carry out the hammer attack in February. But he was convicted and jailed for 24 years.

A second man Mohammed Kadir is wanted for Mr Uddin's murder and is thought to have fled to Syria.

Mr Uddin's family say he was a peaceful caring man.

A man convicted of the ISIS-inspired murder of an Imam from Rochdale has been jailed for 24 years.

Manchester Crown Court heard Mohammed Syeedy took part in a plot to kill 71 year old Jalal Uddin, because he thought he was involved in black magic.

Throughout the four week trial, Syeedy denied helping a friend to carry out the hammer attack in February.

But a jury took just four hours to find him guilty. Matt O'Donoghue reports:

A man who murdered a respected Imam in Rochdale must spend at least 24 years in jail.

A man found guilty of the murder of a respected Imam will be sentenced this afternoon.

Mohammed Syeedy had denied his part in a plot to murder Mr Uddin who was killed as he walked home from Friday prayers.

A man from Rochdale has been found guilty of the murder of an Islamic scholar in the town.

Jalal Uddin was murdered while walking home from prayers.

Mohammed Syeedy had denied murdering Mr Uddin in an ISIS inspired plot.

Matt O'Donoghue reports from the trial of a man accused of murder after an Islamic scholar was beaten to death in Rochdale.

It's alleged that Mohammed Syeedy was the get away driver the night Jalal Uddin was beaten up and left to die.

Syeedy denies murder.

A court has heard how a man accused of being part of a plot to murder an Islamic scholar in Rochdale had photos on his phone showing his support for Islamic State and ISIS.

Jalal Uddin was 72 when he was beaten to death he was walking home from a friend's house after prayers.

Mohammed Syeedy, who's 21 and from the the town, denies murder.

Matt O'Donoghue's been in court:

The jury in the trial of Jalal Uddin's murder have heard evidence from the 16-year-old girl who found him dead in February this year.

Matt O'Donoghue is at Manchester Crown Court.