Five criminals are facing time behind bars for their part in the shooting
(l-r) Top – Shamus Hussain; Mohammed Ishtiaq; Abdullah Amjad
Bottom – Samir Khan, Dilawar Khan
Five men from Birmingham face lengthy jail sentences after a man was left with serious injuries after being shot with a sawn-off shotgun as he sat in his car in Darlaston. They all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life following an incident where a man was shot on Charles Foster Street, Darlaston, on 11 October last year.
A Birmingham gang plotted a horrific shooting which saw a dad blasted on his doorstep in broad daylight.
Nadeem Khan had just returned home from the school run and was making a phone call from inside his BMW when a gunman opened fire from the back of a Toyota C-HR.
After blowing the windows of BMW out, the gunman exited the Toyota and continued to fire at the victim with the double-barrelled shotgun before fleeing with his accomplices.
The shocking shooting took place at about 9am in Charles Foster Street, Darlaston, on October 11 last year.
Members of the public were left so frightened by the ordeal that one school is said to have even ‘cancelled a church trip’, keeping children inside on safety grounds.
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Dad Mr Khan, who is in his 40s, was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham with wounds to his face, hands and lower part of his body.
On Thursday (December 4), five men, all from Birmingham, appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court in connection with the shooting.
It is understood that the gunman remains at large.
The five defendants previously admitted conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm with intent and conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life on the second day of their trial in July.
They are:
- Shamus Hussain, 26, of Floyer Road, Small Heath
- Mohammed Ishtiaq, 23, of Oldknow Road, Small Heath
- Abdullah Amjad, 23, of Allens Avenue, Winson Green
- Samir Khan, 19, of East Holme, Bordesley Green
- Dilawar Khan, 20, of Mansel Road, Small Heath
The men will be sentenced in January 2026.
Prosecutor Darren Whitehead opened the facts of the case on Thursday, telling the court that events began to unfold two days before the shooting.
The five defendants, along with others unknown to police, travelled from Birmingham to Darlaston in three cars – a Range Rover Evoque, a red Audi A3 and a Toyota.
This trip on October 9 was so they could carry out a ‘reconnaissance’, Mr Whitehead said.
Those in the stolen Toyota went to Hampton Place, about a mile from the victim’s home, and changed its registration plates at 9.35am.
About 15 minutes later, the Toyota was captured on CCTV driving past Mr Khan’s home four times in the space of five minutes.
It then was driven back to Hampton Place and then on to Addenbrooke Street, where it was ‘hidden’.
The perpetrators returned to Birmingham in the Range Rover and the Audi as the ‘reconnaissance’ trip had been ‘completed’, Mr Whitehead said.
On October 10, they travelled from Birmingham to Darlaston in the stolen Range Rover and a silver Audi Q7 between 7.53am and 8.28am.
Police at the scene in Charles Foster Street, Darlaston.
Those in the Range Rover went to Addenbrooke Street to collect the Toyota, while the Audi Q7 stayed nearby.
Just after 8.40am, the Toyota was driven to Hampton Place, where an unknown individual was captured on footage taking ‘items consistent with registration plates’ from the boot.
At 9am, the victim returned home before going inside his house four minutes later.
The Range Rover was driven to Hampton Place, where two of its occupants got into the Toyota at 9.02am.
At 9.06am, the Toyota went to the victim’s home in Charles Foster Street while the Range Rover remained in Hampton Place.
‘Unbeknown to them’, Mr Khan had gone inside his house two minutes earlier – the group were ‘late’ and missed their target.
Mr Whitehead said: “Their target had already gone inside his home and so the opportunity to shoot him and therefore carry out their plan had been missed.
“The mission that day appears to have been called off.”
The Toyota was driven back to its ‘hiding place’ in Addenbrooke Street, while the Range Rover and Audi Q7 returned to Birmingham.
Mr Whitehead said: “The next day, the defendants learnt from their mistake.”
On October 11, some of the perpetrators left Birmingham for Darlaston at 5am in the stolen Range Rover – also on false plates.
It was driven to Addenbrooke Street, where the Toyota had been left the morning before.
Others in the silver Audi Q7 also travelled from Birmingham to Darlaston and met up with Range Rover, which then went to Hampton Place.
L-R: Shamus Hussain, Mohammed Ishtiaq and Abdullah Amjad(Image: WMP)
At 8.37am, the Toyota left Hampton Place and headed to the victim’s home while the Range Rover remained in the street with a ‘getaway driver’.
Once at the scene of the crime, the Toyota ‘lay in wait’ for Mr Khan, who pulled up on his driveway at 8.55am.
But he did not immediately get out of his car to go inside his house, instead making a call from the vehicle.
The Toyota was captured on footage passing the victim’s house at 8.56am before reversing, with shots then fired.
Mr Whitehead said: “The shooter, through the rear passenger window, takes aim and fires at Mr Khan’s car using the double-barrelled shotgun.”
The Toyota drove away from the scene and ‘regrouped’ with the Range Rover which had been waiting in Hampton Place with ‘other members of the team’.
Number plates were changed once more before the group ‘dispersed’, collecting the Audi Q7 and returning to Birmingham.
Hussain, Ishtiaq and Amjad were arrested on October 22.
Dilawar Khan was detained at Birmingham Airport trying to leave the country on October 31, while Samir Khan was arrested on November 1.
The court heard how Amjad was present at the ‘reconnaissance’ trip on October 9, at the ‘missed attack’ on October 10 and was inside the Toyota at the time of the shooting.
Dilawar Khan and Samir Khan were both present on October 9 and 10 and were in the Range Rover at the time of the shooting.
Ishtiaq was present at the ‘reconnaissance’ trip and although he was in Birmingham at the time of the shooting, he knew of the ‘planned use’ of the shotgun.
Hussain was also present at the ‘reconnaissance’ trip and was ‘aware’ of the shooting but was not present.
Instead, he ‘assisted’ others, driving the red Audi A3 on October 9.
Left: Samir Khan Right: Dilawar Khan(Image: WMP)
The court heard how the black Range Rover was stolen from a driveway in Moseley eight days before the shooting during the early hours of October 3.
‘Unbeknown’ to the defendants, the vehicle had an embedded sim which was ‘transferring data’.
Data indicated that Samir Khan ‘moved to that location’ shortly after 4am, while and Ishtiaq was nearby at 5.30am.
Preet-Paul Tutt, defending Amjad, said his client ‘did not want’ Mr Khan shot and ‘did not know the victim himself’.
When pressed by Judge Michael Chambers KC on why the shooting took place, Mr Tutt said: “That is an answer I don’t have.”
The judge pressed again and asked: “So who was the shooter then?”
Mr Tutt replied: “I don’t have that information.”
He told the court that Amjad – who had no previous convictions – was ‘recruited’ to provide ‘logistical support’ and was the front seat passenger in the Toyota at the time of the shooting.
The barrister added: “He takes responsibility for his role.
“He was told he should sit at the front because it would look less suspicious if there was someone in the front of the car.”
Shaun Esprit, defending Dilawar Khan, said: “It was really about something that he, as somebody at the time who was 18, should not have got involved with.”
He added: “There is remorse, there is understanding, beyond the effects upon himself.”
In a letter to the court, Dilawar Khan’s dad told how his son had previously been ‘caring’ and ‘responsible’, describing his offending as ‘out of character’.
Dilawar Khan also penned a letter, which read: “I would like to apologise to the victim, the judge, to my family and to the victim’s family for my actions.
“I was young and stupid at the time. I did not think about the consequences, for which I’m now very sorry, and I have had time to sit down and consider how my actions have affected people.
“I just want to apologise.”
Dilawar Khan had one previous conviction dating back to 2023 for being concerned in a vehicle taking without consent.
The court heard how Samir Khan had three convictions for 10 offences.
Payton Goodred-Vaucrosson, defending Samir Khan, said his previous crimes were all driving offences, adding: “There’s no suggestion of violence in relation to this.”
Samir Khan is in breach of a 14-month sentence, suspended for two years, handed to him in May 2024 for dangerous driving and aggravated vehicle taking.
Abigail Bache, defending Ishtiaq, said her client was responsible for ‘provision of the firearm’ but said he was at home during the shooting.
Ishtiaq had five convictions for seven offences including robbery, the court heard.
Tommy Dominiguez, defending Hussain, said his client’s role was ‘quite different’ from that of his co-defendants as he was the driver of the Audi A3 and at home at the time of the shooting.
Hussain had no previous convictions, the court heard.
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