Knightsbridge killer helped to flee country in under nine hours, court told

A moped rider killed a young man in London’s upmarket Knightsbridge and was then helped to flee abroad within nine hours, a court has heard.

Yousef Razak fatally stabbed 25-year-old Blue Stevens in front of his girlfriend in Seville Street on the evening of July 9, 2025.

Within hours, Razak had got on a ferry to France from where he travelled on to the Middle East, where he remains wanted, jurors were told.

On Wednesday, the Old Bailey was told Razak is unlikely to ever face justice after six men helped him leave the country and destroyed evidence.

Nicholas McCoy, 23, Ali Hindawi, 24, Jayden Clement-Bryan, 25, and Shafwan Meah, 21, are on trial at the Old Bailey accused of perverting the course of justice.

Two others – Meah’s brother Mozahedul Alam, 26, from Chiswick, and Hindawi’s brother Adnan Hindawi, 26, of Tower Hamlets, have admitted the charge.

Outlining the case, prosecutor Peter Ratliff said Mr Stevens had gone to Knightsbridge in west London with his partner Tayla Laxton.

Mr Ratliff told jurors: “”He was approached by a man who jumped off a moped and grabbed him.

“Blue Stevens pushed him away. The man grabbed Blue Stevens’s clothing with his left hand, took out a knife with his right, and stabbed Blue Stevens in the chest.

“The attacker got back on his moped and drove away at speed.”

Mr Stevens was able to run a short distance before collapsing, the court heard.

Despite help from members of the public, paramedics and the helicopter emergency service, he died at 10.06pm, less that 45 minutes after he was stabbed.

The moped Razak had been riding was registered to his home address but was displaying false plates, jurors heard.

Mr Ratliff said he was not in the dock because less than nine hours after he inflicted the fatal wound, he was on a P&O Ferry bound for France.

He told jurors the defendants were “responsible for the fact that Yousef Razak has not faced justice for killing Blue Stevens, and very likely never will”.

He said: “Each played a role in ensuring he got out of the country, and destroying evidence that linked him to his crime.”

Mr Ratliff said there was no suggestion the defendants knew what Razak was going to do or were involved in it.

Whilst Razak was in Knightsbridge, McCoy, Clement-Bryan, Meah and Alam had been playing football in Osterley in west London, jurors were told.

But within minutes of the killing, Razak went to the area of Alam and Meah’s home, with others gathering there too, it was alleged.

Just after midnight, Meah allegedly used his phone to search the internet for ferries from Dover to Calais and cheap flights from London to Egypt.

His brother, Alam, allegedly transferred him £179 and Meah paid £275 for a P&O booking that Razak would later use to escape, Mr Ratliff said.

Meanwhile, Adnan Hindawi travelled to Razak’s address allegedly to pick up essential belongings for him.

Razak then used his silver Mercedes to escape London, the court was told.

He also had Ali Hindawi’s passport, which had allegedly been given to him to use to get out of the country in the early hours of July 10 last year, jurors heard.

McCoy, from Chiswick, Ali Hindawi, from Southall, Clement-Bryan, from Feltham, and Meah, from Chiswick, have denied the charge against them.

The trial continues.

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