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GUILTY UK - Flamur 'Alex' Beqiri, 36, Swedish nat'l, fatally shot in front of family, London, 24 Dec 2019
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Ah yes that makes sense now! I remember reading earlier in the court proceedings about him wearing a prosthetic mask.
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A Swedish underworld assassin who travelled to the UK to carry out a Christmas Eve hit on a reality TV star's brother on the doorstep of his £1.5million London home was today convicted of his murder.
Hemissi, a professional kickboxer, was found guilty of murder and possession of a firearm at Southwark Crown Court after a two-month trial.
Fellow Swedish national Estevan Pino-Munizaga, 35, was acquitted of murder but found guilty of an alternative charge of manslaughter.
Tobias Andersson, 32, and Bawer Karaer, 23, also from Sweden, were acquitted of both charges.
Clifford Rollox, 31, from Islington, north London, and Dutch national Claude Isaac Castor, 31, from Sint Maarten in the Caribbean, were found guilty of perverting the course of justice after being hired locally to clean up the flat where the killers had stayed.
A series of mistakes allowed his killers to be snared, from their choice of a brightly coloured ladies bicycle for 'undercover' reconnaissance missions and a misunderstanding of British customs to the failure to dispose of a ticket stub bearing the killer's name and his hopeless alibi - 'Netflix and chilling' with a non-existent woman.
Hitman, 24, who dressed as a litter picker is found GUILTY of Beqiri murder | Daily Mail Online
Hemissi, a professional kickboxer, was found guilty of murder and possession of a firearm at Southwark Crown Court after a two-month trial.
Fellow Swedish national Estevan Pino-Munizaga, 35, was acquitted of murder but found guilty of an alternative charge of manslaughter.
Tobias Andersson, 32, and Bawer Karaer, 23, also from Sweden, were acquitted of both charges.
Clifford Rollox, 31, from Islington, north London, and Dutch national Claude Isaac Castor, 31, from Sint Maarten in the Caribbean, were found guilty of perverting the course of justice after being hired locally to clean up the flat where the killers had stayed.
A series of mistakes allowed his killers to be snared, from their choice of a brightly coloured ladies bicycle for 'undercover' reconnaissance missions and a misunderstanding of British customs to the failure to dispose of a ticket stub bearing the killer's name and his hopeless alibi - 'Netflix and chilling' with a non-existent woman.
Hitman, 24, who dressed as a litter picker is found GUILTY of Beqiri murder | Daily Mail Online
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Hemissi wore disguises, including latex masks and a litter picker's outfit, to carry out reconnaissance in the area in the days before the murder, a jury were told.
The outfit and a distinctive ladies' bicycle with a basket were abandoned when local resident Jeremy Lyons became suspicious after seeing Hemissi working on both public and private streets, telling the hitman: "Get away from this estate please."
He had flown to the UK four days before the shooting with the sole purpose of "executing" Mr Beqiri, the court heard.
Hemissi then flew to Copenhagen In Denmark in the early hours of Christmas Day after carrying out the shooting.
He was arrested at Copenhagen Airport on 20 January 2020 before being extradited to the UK. [...]
Those found guilty will be sentenced next Friday.
Flamur Beqiri: Swedish kickboxer found guilty of murdering father-of-two in 'organised hit' in London
The outfit and a distinctive ladies' bicycle with a basket were abandoned when local resident Jeremy Lyons became suspicious after seeing Hemissi working on both public and private streets, telling the hitman: "Get away from this estate please."
He had flown to the UK four days before the shooting with the sole purpose of "executing" Mr Beqiri, the court heard.
Hemissi then flew to Copenhagen In Denmark in the early hours of Christmas Day after carrying out the shooting.
He was arrested at Copenhagen Airport on 20 January 2020 before being extradited to the UK. [...]
Those found guilty will be sentenced next Friday.
Flamur Beqiri: Swedish kickboxer found guilty of murdering father-of-two in 'organised hit' in London
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Clifford Rollox, 31, from Islington, north London, and Dutch national, Claude Isaac Castor, 31, from Sint Maarten in the Caribbean, were found guilty of perverting the course of justice after being hired locally to clean up the flat where the killers had stayed.
They were seen removing a large suitcase on Christmas Day, but police were on the scene before they could finish the job and evidence recovered included a ripped up flight ticket stub including Hemissi’s name.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said she will sentence those found guilty next Friday. [...]
Beqiri had also been a target since the summer of 2019 and, by November, the gang’s planning stepped up as Pino-Munizaga travelled to London for around 14 hours.
He rented a flat in Oyster Wharf, visited Mr Beqiri’s house nearby and bought a distinctive ladies’ bicycle with a basket, while Andersson bought a litter picker on a later trip to the capital.
The bike was used by Hemissi to carry out reconnaissance on three days prior to the murder, once dressed as a street cleaner, wearing a latex mask, sunglasses and high-vis work clothes, while holding the litter picker and black bin bag.
The outfit and bike were abandoned when local resident Jeremy Lyons became suspicious after seeing Hemissi working on both public and private streets, telling the hitman: “Get away from this estate please.”
Karaer bought a replacement bike when he came to London, which Hemissi parked on the Thames path and used to make his getaway after carrying out the shooting.
Hitman found guilty of gang murder of reality TV star’s brother
They were seen removing a large suitcase on Christmas Day, but police were on the scene before they could finish the job and evidence recovered included a ripped up flight ticket stub including Hemissi’s name.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said she will sentence those found guilty next Friday. [...]
Beqiri had also been a target since the summer of 2019 and, by November, the gang’s planning stepped up as Pino-Munizaga travelled to London for around 14 hours.
He rented a flat in Oyster Wharf, visited Mr Beqiri’s house nearby and bought a distinctive ladies’ bicycle with a basket, while Andersson bought a litter picker on a later trip to the capital.
The bike was used by Hemissi to carry out reconnaissance on three days prior to the murder, once dressed as a street cleaner, wearing a latex mask, sunglasses and high-vis work clothes, while holding the litter picker and black bin bag.
The outfit and bike were abandoned when local resident Jeremy Lyons became suspicious after seeing Hemissi working on both public and private streets, telling the hitman: “Get away from this estate please.”
Karaer bought a replacement bike when he came to London, which Hemissi parked on the Thames path and used to make his getaway after carrying out the shooting.
Hitman found guilty of gang murder of reality TV star’s brother
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Man guilty of murder of Flamur Beqiri
A Swedish man has been found guilty of the murder of Flamur Beqiri, who was fatally shot outside his home in Battersea on Christmas Eve 2019.
Anis Hemissi, 24 (13.07.97), a Swedish national, was found guilty after a ten-week trial at Southwark Crown Court. He was also convicted of possession of a firearm.
Estevan Alexis Pino-Munizaga, 35 (21.10.86) a Swedish national, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.
The court heard Hemissi was the 'shooter' who flew over from Sweden specifically to kill Flamur, who was shot with a semi-automatic weapon in front of his wife and young child.
Homicide detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command launched an investigation and identified CCTV that tracked the movements of Hemissi before and after the shooting.
It was quickly established that Hemissi had stayed in a flat in Lombard Road, Battersea, a short distance away from Flamur’s home address, in the days before the murder.
Further investigation revealed that meticulous planning had gone into securing the flat for Hemissi to stay and organising a clean-up operation after the murder.
Homicide detectives established that the targeted shooting was part of a dispute between two organised crime groups based in Sweden.
Since 2018, there has been an escalating series of violence between these groups.
In the days after the murder, detectives quickly identified Hemissi as the prime suspect through analysis of CCTV and enquiries with third parties within the travel industry.
Hemissi was tracked travelling to and from a flat at Oyster Wharf, which was less than half a mile away from Flamur's home address.
Following liaison with Swedish authorities, it was established Pino-Munizaga had booked a flat in the Oyster Wharf complex in November.
Although it appeared he did not stay in the flat, Pino-Munizaga did meet the owner to collect the keys.
During this visit to London which consisted of only 14 hours, he took money out of a cashpoint just 100 yards from Flamur’s home address and he also bought a bicycle.
The prosecution case was that this allowed him to check the route and distance between Oyster Wharf and the victim’s address. The bicycle he purchased, a distinctive 'lady's style' with a basket, was the same one used by Hemissi when he was in London.
Pino-Munizaga then attempted to book the same flat, but it was unavailable so he booked an alternate flat offered to him and stayed in it overnight on 16 December 2019.
Hemissi arrived in London on 21 December and he travelled to the flat Pino-Munizaga had booked and picked up the bicycle he had bought for him.
During the next couple of days, Hemissi used the bicycle to travel to Flamur’s home address and carry out surveillance.
On 22 December he was captured on CCTV wearing an elaborate disguise including a latex mask, sunglasses and a high vis jacket, which he used to pose as a street cleaner, as he was carrying a black sack and a litter picker.
On the day of the murder, 24 December, Hemissi arrived near to Flamur’s home address at 6.52pm. He waited there until Flamur returned from a meal out with his wife and collecting their two-year-old son from a birthday party, shortly before 21:00hrs.
Hemissi killed Flamur after he discharged a semi-automatic pistol towards him nine times at close range.
He then cycled to the flat in Oyster Wharf and a few hours later got a taxi to Heathrow Airport.
On Christmas Day, two British men, Clifford Rollox and Claude Castor travelled to the flat, and entered using a key that had been left under the mat by Hemissi.
Rollox and Castor then removed a large distinctive case left by Hemissi and other items from the flat. They then got a cab to an address in Enfield.
Another taxi journey was booked from Oyster Wharf to the area of Rollox’s home address in Haringey on 27 December.
It was the prosecution’s case that Rollox and Castor had been responsible for cleaning the flat but their planned return visit on 27 December was thwarted by police presence at the address.
Clifford Rollox, 31 (11.09.90) of Haringey, and Claude Castor, of Islington were both found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
The police search of the flat revealed the bike and litter picker used by Hemissi. Forensic analysis of a number of items in the flat were also linked to Hemissi by DNA and fingerprints.
Enquiries were also made relating to purchases of clothing by Hemissi, identified through analysis of his banking transactions. These showed, in October 2019 in Sweden and Denmark, he brought the hat, high vis jacket, high vis trousers and boots he was seen in when carrying out the ‘litter picking’ near Flamur’s home address.
Sentencing for all four will take place on Friday 18 February.
Detective Inspector Jamie Stevenson, the lead investigator in the case, said: “This was a meticulously planned murder that originated from a dispute between organised criminal groups in Sweden.
“The fatal shooting, at point blank range in front of the victim’s wife and young child, was a deeply shocking and distressing incident.
"The two-year investigation into the murder was one of the most complex and wide-ranging taken on by the Specialist Crime Command in recent years.
"A range of expertise in the Met including homicide detectives and forensic teams solved the case via analysis of more than 1,000 exhibits and 800 hours of CCTV. More than 500 witness statements were also collated.
“This was an investigation that also demonstrated Scotland Yard’s strengths in working with the CPS and international law enforcement agencies, in particular Swedish Police.
"The swift work of Met detectives, during the two days after Christmas, was crucial in identifying Anis Hemissi as the shooter, but also the flat where he had stayed for the days leading up to Flamur’s murder.
"Gaining possession of the flat so quickly prevented the 'clean up operation' from being completed and left us with a number of forensic opportunities, including a torn up air ticket with part of Hemissi's name on it.
“We worked to co-ordinate a series of arrests in Sweden and then successfully extradited these men back to the UK.
“The investigation also uncovered the role of two British men who helped in disposing of evidence after the murder in an attempt to hinder the police investigation.
“I am pleased these men have now be brought to justice for their part in what was one of the most shocking crimes London has seen in recent years.”
Senior Crown Prosecutor Louise Attrill, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “This was a shocking, cold-blooded and brutal murder of a man in front of his young family on Christmas Eve. The intention was clear – to kill. Flamur Beqiri was gunned down on his doorstep in front of his wife and two-year-old child. Multiple shots were fired at close range. The murder was deliberately carried out in a way that would cause maximum terror and trauma given the date, place and circumstances.
“The prosecution case included CCTV footage, telephone evidence, and eye-witness testimony. But the trail of evidence led through Europe – and in particular to Sweden. The roots of this horrifying violence stemmed from an organised crime gang war in Sweden. Something we had to work with our international colleagues to piece together.
“This has been one of the most complex prosecutions in recent years on the CPS London Homicide unit. It involved a huge amount of international liaison with Swedish Police and Prosecutors who were already investigating a number of other connected incidents in their own country. I hope today’s verdicts bring some sense of justice to the family and friends of Mr Beqiri. Our thoughts remain with them at this time.”
+Bawer Karaer, 23 (17.10.1998) and Tobias Fredrik Andersson, 32 (18.07.89), both Swedish nationals, were found not guilty of murder and manslaughter.
Man guilty of murder of Flamur Beqiri
A Swedish man has been found guilty of the murder of Flamur Beqiri, who was fatally shot outside his home in Battersea on Christmas Eve 2019.
Anis Hemissi, 24 (13.07.97), a Swedish national, was found guilty after a ten-week trial at Southwark Crown Court. He was also convicted of possession of a firearm.
Estevan Alexis Pino-Munizaga, 35 (21.10.86) a Swedish national, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter.
The court heard Hemissi was the 'shooter' who flew over from Sweden specifically to kill Flamur, who was shot with a semi-automatic weapon in front of his wife and young child.
Homicide detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command launched an investigation and identified CCTV that tracked the movements of Hemissi before and after the shooting.
It was quickly established that Hemissi had stayed in a flat in Lombard Road, Battersea, a short distance away from Flamur’s home address, in the days before the murder.
Further investigation revealed that meticulous planning had gone into securing the flat for Hemissi to stay and organising a clean-up operation after the murder.
Homicide detectives established that the targeted shooting was part of a dispute between two organised crime groups based in Sweden.
Since 2018, there has been an escalating series of violence between these groups.
In the days after the murder, detectives quickly identified Hemissi as the prime suspect through analysis of CCTV and enquiries with third parties within the travel industry.
Hemissi was tracked travelling to and from a flat at Oyster Wharf, which was less than half a mile away from Flamur's home address.
Following liaison with Swedish authorities, it was established Pino-Munizaga had booked a flat in the Oyster Wharf complex in November.
Although it appeared he did not stay in the flat, Pino-Munizaga did meet the owner to collect the keys.
During this visit to London which consisted of only 14 hours, he took money out of a cashpoint just 100 yards from Flamur’s home address and he also bought a bicycle.
The prosecution case was that this allowed him to check the route and distance between Oyster Wharf and the victim’s address. The bicycle he purchased, a distinctive 'lady's style' with a basket, was the same one used by Hemissi when he was in London.
Pino-Munizaga then attempted to book the same flat, but it was unavailable so he booked an alternate flat offered to him and stayed in it overnight on 16 December 2019.
Hemissi arrived in London on 21 December and he travelled to the flat Pino-Munizaga had booked and picked up the bicycle he had bought for him.
During the next couple of days, Hemissi used the bicycle to travel to Flamur’s home address and carry out surveillance.
On 22 December he was captured on CCTV wearing an elaborate disguise including a latex mask, sunglasses and a high vis jacket, which he used to pose as a street cleaner, as he was carrying a black sack and a litter picker.
On the day of the murder, 24 December, Hemissi arrived near to Flamur’s home address at 6.52pm. He waited there until Flamur returned from a meal out with his wife and collecting their two-year-old son from a birthday party, shortly before 21:00hrs.
Hemissi killed Flamur after he discharged a semi-automatic pistol towards him nine times at close range.
He then cycled to the flat in Oyster Wharf and a few hours later got a taxi to Heathrow Airport.
On Christmas Day, two British men, Clifford Rollox and Claude Castor travelled to the flat, and entered using a key that had been left under the mat by Hemissi.
Rollox and Castor then removed a large distinctive case left by Hemissi and other items from the flat. They then got a cab to an address in Enfield.
Another taxi journey was booked from Oyster Wharf to the area of Rollox’s home address in Haringey on 27 December.
It was the prosecution’s case that Rollox and Castor had been responsible for cleaning the flat but their planned return visit on 27 December was thwarted by police presence at the address.
Clifford Rollox, 31 (11.09.90) of Haringey, and Claude Castor, of Islington were both found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
The police search of the flat revealed the bike and litter picker used by Hemissi. Forensic analysis of a number of items in the flat were also linked to Hemissi by DNA and fingerprints.
Enquiries were also made relating to purchases of clothing by Hemissi, identified through analysis of his banking transactions. These showed, in October 2019 in Sweden and Denmark, he brought the hat, high vis jacket, high vis trousers and boots he was seen in when carrying out the ‘litter picking’ near Flamur’s home address.
Sentencing for all four will take place on Friday 18 February.
Detective Inspector Jamie Stevenson, the lead investigator in the case, said: “This was a meticulously planned murder that originated from a dispute between organised criminal groups in Sweden.
“The fatal shooting, at point blank range in front of the victim’s wife and young child, was a deeply shocking and distressing incident.
"The two-year investigation into the murder was one of the most complex and wide-ranging taken on by the Specialist Crime Command in recent years.
"A range of expertise in the Met including homicide detectives and forensic teams solved the case via analysis of more than 1,000 exhibits and 800 hours of CCTV. More than 500 witness statements were also collated.
“This was an investigation that also demonstrated Scotland Yard’s strengths in working with the CPS and international law enforcement agencies, in particular Swedish Police.
"The swift work of Met detectives, during the two days after Christmas, was crucial in identifying Anis Hemissi as the shooter, but also the flat where he had stayed for the days leading up to Flamur’s murder.
"Gaining possession of the flat so quickly prevented the 'clean up operation' from being completed and left us with a number of forensic opportunities, including a torn up air ticket with part of Hemissi's name on it.
“We worked to co-ordinate a series of arrests in Sweden and then successfully extradited these men back to the UK.
“The investigation also uncovered the role of two British men who helped in disposing of evidence after the murder in an attempt to hinder the police investigation.
“I am pleased these men have now be brought to justice for their part in what was one of the most shocking crimes London has seen in recent years.”
Senior Crown Prosecutor Louise Attrill, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “This was a shocking, cold-blooded and brutal murder of a man in front of his young family on Christmas Eve. The intention was clear – to kill. Flamur Beqiri was gunned down on his doorstep in front of his wife and two-year-old child. Multiple shots were fired at close range. The murder was deliberately carried out in a way that would cause maximum terror and trauma given the date, place and circumstances.
“The prosecution case included CCTV footage, telephone evidence, and eye-witness testimony. But the trail of evidence led through Europe – and in particular to Sweden. The roots of this horrifying violence stemmed from an organised crime gang war in Sweden. Something we had to work with our international colleagues to piece together.
“This has been one of the most complex prosecutions in recent years on the CPS London Homicide unit. It involved a huge amount of international liaison with Swedish Police and Prosecutors who were already investigating a number of other connected incidents in their own country. I hope today’s verdicts bring some sense of justice to the family and friends of Mr Beqiri. Our thoughts remain with them at this time.”
+Bawer Karaer, 23 (17.10.1998) and Tobias Fredrik Andersson, 32 (18.07.89), both Swedish nationals, were found not guilty of murder and manslaughter.
Man guilty of murder of Flamur Beqiri
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They're in for sentencing right now
Southwark Crown Court 2 T20217070
T20217073
T20217076
T20217077
Anis Fouad Hemissi
Claude Issac-Castor
Clifford Rollox
Esteven-Alexis Pino-Munizaga
Details: For Sentence - Case Started - 12:29
https://www.thelawpages.com/court-hearings-lists/Southwark-Crown-Court.php
Southwark Crown Court 2 T20217070
T20217073
T20217076
T20217077
Anis Fouad Hemissi
Claude Issac-Castor
Clifford Rollox
Esteven-Alexis Pino-Munizaga
Details: For Sentence - Case Started - 12:29
https://www.thelawpages.com/court-hearings-lists/Southwark-Crown-Court.php
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