Victim: Mohamed Muhyidin
(Picture: Met Police)A man who accidentally shot his friend with a submachine gun and then dumped his body by the roadside in west London has been jailed for 20 years.
Chiragh Chiragh, 39, fatally shot Mohamed Muhyidin, 28, as he sat in the front passenger seat of a car parked outside a flat in High Street, Harlington, early on Halloween 2021.
He then drove Mr Muhyidin’s body minutes away and dumped it by the side of the road in nearby Sipson Lane, close to Heathrow Airport, where it was discovered by a taxi driver.
Isleworth Crown Court heard how the shooting took place in a car park outside a flat on Harlington High Street where people used to take and deal drugs.
Chiragh and another man, Mohammed Shakeel, were at the flat along with the victim and a 17-year-old boy in the evening of October 30.
Jurors heard there was an argument involving men at the flat, which they heard had irritated Chiragh and Shakeel, with Shakeel brandishing an imitation gun.
Around 4.45am the following day, Chiragh left the flat and joined Mr Muhyidin in a car outside the block with a submachine gun.
As he left the car, he accidentally fired the gun - shooting Mr Muhyidin who was sitting directly in front of him. Chiragh then dumped his body by the roadside and left the car near where the 17-year-old lived.
At about 6pm on Halloween, the teenager drove the car to Trout Lane, West Drayton, and set the car alight.
Met Detective Inspector Lucy Carberry said: “Chiragh may not have intended to harm Mohamed Muhiyidin, but it is clear that he, and his associates, were intent on harming someone that day.
“Chiragh was armed with a lethal weapon and Shakeel with an imitation firearm prior to Mohamed’s death, which was seen on CCTV.
“Post shooting, they then colluded and conspired in an attempt to cover up what had happened to Mohamed. All played their part in this tragic story and all have quite rightly been made to face the consequences of their actions.”
Chiragh, of Paulhan Road, Harrow was found guilty of manslaughter and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and was handed a 25-year sentence on Friday, 20 years which must be served in custody and five on licence.
He had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon and perverting the course of justice.
Mohammed Shakeel, 29, of Cape Close, Barking was found guilty of perverting the course of justice. He was sentenced to a total of five years and four months' imprisonment and had previously pleaded guilty to possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
The 17-year-old boy, who pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice at an earlier hearing, was sentenced to a youth rehabilitation order for two years.
