WEAPONS used in the alleged murder of a 24-year-old in Slough were shown to a jury today (February 17).

Three men are currently on trial at Reading Crown Court in connection to the death of Mohammed Rafaqit Kayani who died from a fatal stab wound to the chest during an incident in Keel Drive on August 30, 2022.

Riaz Miah, 21, of no fixed above, and Hassan Al-Kubanji, 21, of Peabody Avenue in London, are both charged with one count of murder.

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Miguel John, 41, of Concorde Way in Slough, is charged with one count each of assisting an offender and possession of a blade/sharp pointed article in a public place.

On the fifth day of the trial, which is expected to last three weeks, a 12-strong jury at Reading Crown Court were shown the weapons that were allegedly involved in the incident along with a blood-stained bag.

The evidence was presented by the prosecution with the first piece being a Gucci bag followed by a black duffel bag with a blood stain belonging to Miah.

A black sheath was also shown followed by a ‘machete-type weapon’ in a plastic tube. A second weapon was also shown which was described as a ‘sword’, also in a plastic tube.

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It is the Crown’s case that the weapons were used in the incident which happened in the ground of the Slough Hindu Temple.

William Hughes, prosecuting, told the jury previously that Mr Kayani had been ‘chased’ from a park in Concorde Way towards the temple by Miah and Al-Kubanji after an ‘altercation’.

Pictures were then shown to the jury of the grounds and any blood stains in the area which were taken after the incident by crime scene investigators.

A fourth witness, a police officer, was then called to stand by prosecution to talk through bodycam footage captured after the incident and during the arrest of the third man, John.

In the footage, the police officer could be seen searching John and proceeded to charge him with possession of Class A drugs which John claimed he had ‘found’.

It is the Crown’s case that John allegedly hid the weapons used in the incident.

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Howver, during cross-examination Dean George, defending for Al-Kubanji, asked the police officer whether John had mentioned ‘being forced to hide something [weapons] in a white sheet’.

When the officer said John had not mentioned the weapons, Mr George asked: “But he had plenty of time to speak to you?”

The police officer said John had been advised not to speak but admitted there was time to mention the weapons if he had been involved or if he had wanted to.  

The trial continues.