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Former Hamas bodyguard guilty of UK knife attack
Mohammed Alfatih was granted asylum in the UK in 2015 and British citizenship in 2020
A former Hamas bodyguard, wanted in Germany over an alleged plot to murder Jewish people, has been found guilty of a knife attack on a bailiff outside his UK home.
Mohammed Alfatih, also known as Mohammed Naim, had been photographed working for a former leader of Hamas before being granted asylum in the UK in 2015 and British citizenship in 2020.
The 40-year-old was found guilty by majority verdict of unlawful wounding, possession of two knives and criminal damage. He was cleared of the more serious charge of wounding with intent.
Alfatih was under surveillance by a counter-terrorism unit when he attacked the bailiff in Birmingham last year.
The son of a senior Hamas official, he could not been named during his trial due to reporting restrictions.
During the trial, footage was shown of Alfatih brandishing two large kitchen knives outside his home in the suburb of Kings Heath.
He told the court he chased the bailiff across the street to scare him away after his wife was asked to settle her debts.
Her car had been clamped by the enforcement officer, who was involved in a struggle inside Alfatih's terraced home.
Mohammed Alfatih, circled, was bodyguard for Ismail Haniyeh before being removed from his post