'His father suffered a heart attack and his mother and siblings cry all day

STATEMENT REVEALS HORRENDOUS TOLL ON VICTIM'S FAMILY AS MURDERER HANDED LIFE SENTENCE

- By SOPHIE CORCORAN

COLD killer Alfie Franco has been jailed for life as his sentencing hearing was told how victim Ahmad Mamdouh al Ibrahim’s father suffered a grief-induced heart attack after hearing about his son’s murder.

Ahmad, 16, lost his life on April 3 this year after being stabbed in a violent knife attack carried out by evil Alfie Franco.

Franco, 20, was found guilty of murder at Leeds Crown Court on Thursday after a trial that lasted nearly two weeks. On Friday, he was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 23 years.

Three new images of Ahmad have been released following a family statement that was written by his uncle Gazwan al Ibrahim and read to the court by prosecutor Richard Wright KC.

In the statement, Gazwan told how Ahmad’s father suffered a heart attack upon hearing of his son’s death. He said his mother and siblings ‘cry all day’ and when he wrote the statement, he had to end a call they were on with him ‘due to collapse’

He said Ahmad had dreams of becoming a doctor and had fled Syria due to conflict there, and was continuing his studies in the UK.