Mahek Bukhari

2022 - 10 - 28

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TikTok star's 'pack of lies' to police included claim she wept over ... (Leicestershire Live)

Mahek Bukhari is accused of orchestrating the trap that led to the fatal collision that killed two young men.

She told police in her interview that she had made a social media post while in Leicester and Saqib had then tracked her down in the city and "became very threatening". The inference was she was heavily involved in the collision." [Hamilton](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/hamilton), Leicester, but that after waiting five minutes she gave up and headed for Nottingham with her mother in the car as well. She said she pulled off A46 before the collision happened and later returned to Leicester, passing the burning car on the central reservation. Mr Thompson said she did not call 999 because the police were already at the scene. The trial continues. Mr Thompson alleged she feared the police would find the messages on her phone co-ordinating the incidents of the previous few hours. He said: "She didn't want the police, obviously, to discover that link to what had happened. She handed over her phone and was asked for the code to unlock it but she provided the wrong number, Mr Thompson said. She is accused, along with seven others, accused of causing the crash to silence the young man who had been having an affair with her mother and was threatening to put explicit pictures of her on the internet. The jury has been told by prosecutor Collingwood Thompson KC that all eight defendants were in two cars pursuing Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, one of which was an Audi TT on loan to Mahek. They came just hours after the crash at 1.30am that morning.

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Mahek Bukhari murder trial: TikTok star 'told pack of lies to police' (BBC News)

Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin and Saqib Hussain, both 21, died on the A46 near Leicester in February. Mahek Bukhari, 23, her mother Ansreen Bukahri, 45, and six ...

"Of course, that was a complete lie. Once it was established the women had been in the Audi TT, Mahek Bukhari claimed to officers she and her mother had been to Nottingham. Mr Thompson said Mahek Bukhari told officers she saw the Skoda Fabia with Mr Hussain and his friend inside "swerve" on the A46 before crashing into the central barrier. Mr Thompson said a Snapchat message sent to Ansreen Bukhari by her daughter read: "Risky...if anyone else was in the car...he said just say you and Mum." The court was told the mother and daughter plotted with six others to set up Mr Hussain by getting him to meet them in a Leicester car park under false pretences. On the first day of the trial at Leicester Crown Court, the jury was told Mr Hussain had been threatening to send explicit videos and images of his lover to her husband after she broke off their three-year affair.

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Murder trial co-accused points finger at TikTok influencer Mahek ... (Leicestershire Live)

One of the defendants in a murder trial described in his police interview how TikTok star Mahek Bukhari told a crash victim "watch what I do to you" during ...

The inference was she was heavily involved in the collision." Before the alleged murder, a message was sent from Mahek to her mum which said: "I'll soon get him jumped by guys and he won't know what day it is". She told police in her interview that she had made a social media post while in Leicester and Saqib had then tracked her down in the city and "became very threatening". He said: "She didn't want the police, obviously, to discover that link to what had happened. Mahek handed over her phone and was asked for the code to unlock it but she provided the wrong number, Mr Thompson said. However, she said that after turning off the A46 they did rejoin later and passed the scene of the crash where the car was on flames. Patel told the police "they did start chasing them" and then recalled a phone conversation between Mahek Bukhari and Saqib in the Skoda in which Mahek said: "Watch what I do to you." The Leon was seen by automatic numberplate recognition cameras on the M6 and she was arrested when she pulled into a petrol station near junction 5 of the motorway, near Castle Bromwich. He later agreed not to share the material if he was paid £2,000 and on February 11 he allegedly went to meet Mahek and her mother at Tesco in Patel said that all eight defendants had gone to the Tesco store and he and co-accused Rekan Karwan, both with balaclavas on, hid near a stairwell in the car park, waiting for the Skoda Fabia containing the two victims. In his police interview Patel, who described himself as a 'peacemaker', said co-accused Raees Jamal had called him earlier that night, saying there was a "situation" and he needed to go around to his house. There followed, he said, a conversation between two other defendants in which one of the drivers said "I'm going to try to stop this guy."

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A46 crash murder trial hears of 'threat' made by TikTok star Mahek ... (Nottinghamshire Live)

A court has heard that a TikTok star told a crash victim "watch what I do to you" during an alleged high-speed chase up the A46. Mahek Bukhari, 23, is one ...

The inference was she was heavily involved in the collision." Before the alleged murder, a message was sent from Mahek to her mum which said: "I'll soon get him jumped by guys and he won't know what day it is." She told police in her interview that she had made a social media post while in Leicester and Saqib had then tracked her down in the city and "became very threatening". He said: "She didn't want the police, obviously, to discover that link to what had happened. The murder investigation was rapid, thanks to a 999 call Saqib made to Leicestershire Police in the final minutes of his life. Mahek handed over her phone and was asked for the code to unlock it but she provided the wrong number, Mr Thompson said. However, she said that after turning off the A46 they did rejoin later and passed the scene of the crash where the car was on flames. Patel said that all eight defendants had gone to the Tesco store and he and co-accused Rekan Karwan, both with balaclavas on, hid near a stairwell in the car park, waiting for the Skoda Fabia containing the two victims. He later agreed not to share the material if he was paid £2,000 and on February 11 he allegedly went to meet Mahek and her mother at Tesco in Hamilton, Leicester, where Saqib's Skoda Fabia was seen on CCTV video, approaching the Bukhari's Audi TT, which was parked near a Seat Leon, and then fleeing. In his police interview Patel, who described himself as a 'peacemaker', said co-accused Raees Jamal had called him earlier that night, saying there was a "situation" and he needed to go around to his house. Mr Thompson said: "According to Mr Patel, his reaction was to call 999. There followed, he said, a conversation between two other defendants in which one of the drivers said "I'm going to try to stop this guy."

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