Off-duty cop had to 'hold man's face together' after he was slashed as tit-for-tat gang turf war reached bloody climax
01.03.2023 - 22:11
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Four men have been jailed for their part in a ‘brutal’ and ‘savage’ attack that has left an affiliate of a rival gang blind in one eye and scarred ‘joker style’ for life.
The ‘tit-for-tat’ drugs gang turf war took place over 18 months in Rochdale before exploding in a culmination of violence on the evening of October 5 2021. The horror attack on this evening involved a VW Golf, being driven by Hasan Alam, being rammed and flipped three or four times before an ‘armed gang’ surrounded the victim, armed with a machete, axe, baseball bat, combat knife, and chainsaw.
He was hacked at, beaten, and slashed with these weapons, before being doused with ammonia. The attack only ceased when members of the public called the emergency services, with people rushing to the aid of the man.
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The extent of his facial injuries was so severe that one had to ‘hold his face together’ before paramedics arrived with another commenting to police his face had been slashed ‘like a butcher cutting meat’. Abbas Mushtaq, 29, Naseer Kazmi, 29, Taylor Snape, and Jake Horrocks, 21, have all been jailed for a significant period for their parts in this attack.
Kazmi and Horrocks were found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent after a trial which concluded earlier this week. Snape pleaded guilty to this count at an earlier hearing with Mushtaq pleading guilty to this count, and further counts of violent disorder and two drugs offences, on earlier dates.
Prosecuting, Peter Wright KC, told the court that the feud began between the Rochdale factions in September of 2020. The court heard during the trial that Mr Alam was