This is the face of a young man who sold ‘evil’ weapons on Telegram and TikTok from his Birmingham home.

Mohammed Mustiqim was sentenced to 16 months detention at Birmingham Crown Court earlier this month.

The 20-year-old, of Common Lane, Washwood Heath, supplied ‘zombie’ and ‘Rambo’ knives as well as knuckledusters and Tasers via his social media channels.

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The Metropolitan Police, which investigated the case, has now released his custody photo.

Recorder Richard Oakes, passing sentence on Friday, May 9, said: “The weapons you advertised were clearly evil weapons with very serious potential use.

“These were knives likely to be used by people for attacking people and inflicting violence upon them.

“The knuckledusters serve no other apparent purpose.

“Zombie knives and Rambo knives are the scourge of this society.

“You were happy to supply those indiscriminaltely, not caring about what purpose they might be used for.”

He added: “What can be said is you are responsible for placing a large number of highly-dangerous weapons on the streets of this country.

“Clearly there is a significant risk some of them will go on to be used in serious criminality.”

Mustiqim pleaded guilty to two charges of publishing material suggesting knives were suitable for combat, two counts of offering offensive weapons for sale or hire and three offences of possessing offensive weapons in a private place.

Between October 2023 and September last year he operated a Telegram group selling weapons which gained more than 1,800 subscribers.

He also advertised on two TikTok channels. Among messages analysed by police were texts where Mustiqim confirmed he sold ‘shanks’,

Recorder Oakes concluded he set himself up as a ‘home business’ and tried to earn as much money as possible, against the defendant’s claim he only wanted to bring in enough income to pay off his £81 monthly phone bill.

The judge concluded Mustiqim reguired immediate custody, as opposed to a suspended sentence, to ‘send a strong message of deterrence’.