{"id":691839,"date":"2026-01-12T21:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/691839\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:03:24","slug":"birmingham-gang-behind-horror-doorstep-darlaston-shooting-locked-up-for-more-than-65-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/691839\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham gang behind horror doorstep Darlaston shooting locked up for more than 65 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five men have been sentenced after Nadeem Khan was shot outside his home<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1_JS389747166.jpg\" alt=\"(l-r) Top - Shamus Hussain; Mohammed Ishtiaq; Abdullah Amjad&#10;Bottom - Samir Khan, Dilawar Khan\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"(l-r) Top - Shamus Hussain; Mohammed Ishtiaq; Abdullah Amjad&#10;Bottom - Samir Khan, Dilawar Khan\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">(l-r) Top &#8211; Shamus Hussain; Mohammed Ishtiaq; Abdullah Amjad<br \/>\nBottom &#8211; Samir Khan, Dilawar Khan(Image: )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A Birmingham gang who hatched a brutal plan which saw a dad gunned down on his doorstep have been locked up for more than 65 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Nadeem Khan had just returned from the morning school run and was sitting inside a BMW parked on his driveway when a masked gunman started shooting towards him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The shooter opened fire from the rear passenger seat of a Toyota C-HR which had pulled up outside Mr Khan&#8217;s home in Charles Foster Street, Darlaston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Initial shots from the double-barrelled shotgun shattered the windows of Mr Khan&#8217;s BMW.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The gunman then left the Toyota, reloaded and continued to fire at the victim before fleeing the scene with his accomplices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE:<\/strong> <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/schoolboy-killers-who-stabbed-telford-33209237\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Schoolboy killers who stabbed Telford man &#8216;in wrong place at wrong time&#8217; finally named<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mr Khan, who had been on the phone while inside the BMW, could be heard in CCTV footage as he shouted <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/dad-shouts-im-dead-gunman-33000657\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">&#8220;I&#8217;m dead&#8221; and &#8220;phone the police, I&#8217;ve been shot&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Blood could also be seen splattered across his car, on the ground and on a wall of his home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The dad, who is in his 40s, was taken to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/queen-elizabeth-hospital\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Queen Elizabeth Hospital<\/a> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Birmingham<\/a> with wounds to his face, hands, shoulders and buttocks, while gunshot pellets were &#8217;embedded&#8217; into his body, but survived the attack.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1_mug__6JPG.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Shamus Hussain, Mohammed Ishtiaq and Abdullah Amjad\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"L-R: Shamus Hussain, Mohammed Ishtiaq and Abdullah Amjad\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">L-R: Shamus Hussain, Mohammed Ishtiaq and Abdullah Amjad(Image: WMP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Five men &#8211; none of which were the gunman &#8211; 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 last July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They were today (Monday, January 12) sentenced for their part in the shooting.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Shamus Hussain, 27, of Floyer Road, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/bordesley-green-and-small-heath\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Small Heath<\/a>, was jailed for 12 years and seven months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Mohammed Ishtiaq, 23, of Oldknow Road, Small Heath, was jailed for 12 years and seven months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Abdullah Amjad, 23, of Allens Avenue, Winson Green, was jailed for 13 years and six months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Samir Khan, 19, of East Holme, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/bordesley-green-and-small-heath\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Bordesley Green<\/a>, was detained for 13 years and six months in a young offender institution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Dilawar Khan, 20, of Mansel Road, Small Heath, was detained for 13 years and six months in a young offender institution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In an earlier court hearing, prosecutor Darren Whitehead said the motive of the shooting &#8216;remains unknown&#8217; and the shotgun has not been found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Events began to unfold two days before the shooting when a &#8216;reconnaissance&#8217; trip was carried out on October 9, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The next day, the gang travelled from Birmingham to Darlaston in order to carry out their plans but they were &#8216;late&#8217; and missed their target.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1_mug__7JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Left: Samir Khan Right: Dilawar Khan\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Left: Samir Khan Right: Dilawar Khan\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Left: Samir Khan Right: Dilawar Khan(Image: WMP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mr Whitehead said: &#8220;Their target had already gone inside his home and so the opportunity to shoot him and therefore carry out their plan had been missed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The mission that day appears to have been called off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mr Khan was then shot outside his home the following day on October 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Read more on what happened <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/how-birmingham-gang-plotted-horrific-33008440\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Don&#039;t miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter hereLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Don&#8217;t miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five men have been sentenced after Nadeem Khan was shot outside his home (l-r) Top &#8211; 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