Kebab Shop Explosion Trial

Two people have been convicted of manslaughter following an explosion at a kebab shop in Leicester which killed a man last year.

Fiaz Ansari, who died in the blast, caused the fire himself in an attempt to claim a quarter of a million pounds from his insurance company. Shahbaz Khan, from London and Mehwish Yasin, from Birmingham, assisted him in the plot.

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Shahbaz Khan, 25, from Harrow, and Mehwish Yasin, 25, from Birmingham, were involved in an explosion on 29 August 2011 at Kam's King of the Grill Kebab Shop in which the owner Fiaz Ahmed Ansari died.

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Two people have been found guilty of manslaughter at Leicester Crown Court.

Shahbaz Khan, 25, from Harrow, and Mehwish Yasin, 25, from Birmingham, were involved in an explosion on 29 August 2011 at Kam's King of the Grill Kebab Shop in which the owner Fiaz Ahmed Ansari died.

Sentencing to follow in the next few minutes.

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Leicester Crown Court heard how Fiaz Ahmed Ansari, the father of a 15 year old girl and a 9 year old boy, died in an explosion at a takeaway he worked in, had told his wife the business would have to close just a few months before the blast. He had debts running into thousands of pounds.

The jury was told that witnesses, who were close to the scene, thought a bomb had exploded and felt lucky to be alive. A man and a woman have appeared in court charged with manslaughter and arson.

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A jury has been shown CCTV images of the moment a takeaway exploded in a city centre, leaving one man dead.

A court was told he was part of a plan to set fire to the building in order to make a false insurance claim.

A man and a woman have appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and arson.

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