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Cardiff man given indefinite hospital order after fatal stabbing of Ibrahim Yassin
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Mujeeb Rahman Hassani, a 41-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order under the mental health act for the manslaughter of Ibrahim Yassin in Cardiff. Yassin, a 64-year-old widowed father of 11 and a respected community volunteer, was fatally stabbed at his home on 18 February 2024, just three days after Hassani had been discharged from a mental health unit.
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- Mujeeb Rahman Hassani was found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility due to paranoid schizophrenia.
- The victim, 64-year-old Ibrahim Yassin, was a widowed father of 11, a volunteer caretaker at the South Wales Islamic Centre, and founder of a free funeral charity.
- Hassani had been released from a mental health unit three days before the attack, having failed to take his medication and experiencing paranoid episodes.
- On 18 February 2024, Hassani went to Yassin's home in Butetown, Cardiff, and fatally stabbed him.
- Judge Lloyd-Clarke sentenced Hassani to an indefinite hospital order with a section 41 restriction order at Ashworth Secure Unit.