A “Snapchat queen” Ilford woman who posted a shocking video of her boyfriend dying in a pool of blood is “ashamed and appalled” at her behaviour, a court heard. Fatima Khan, 21, is on trial accused of plotting with a love rival to murder Khalid Safi, 18, her boyfriend of two years. The Afghan asylum seeker was repeatedly stabbed in the chest by Raza Khan, 19, in North Acton, north London on the evening of December 1 2016, jurors have been told. Rather than calling for an ambulance, Ms Khan filmed Mr Safi as he laying dying in the street.
She posted it on Snapchat with a caption implying she had organised the attack as a form of retribution, the Old Bailey has heard.
In an opening speech, defence lawyer Kerim Fuad QC said Ms Khan and Mr Safi had loved each other, even though he could be “clingy”.
He said Fatima Khan had been “left to carry the can” for a suitor who saw his chance and killed Mr Safi in a fit of “macho madness”.
Mr Fuad said the evidence showed “two men fighting over a woman and a woman getting the blame and left to carry the can”. He added the defendant will say she was “appalled” and “ashamed” of posting the video. Ms Khan denies murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.
