🔴 RIGHT NOW: 8 migrants stand in court accused of murdering a man and stealing his house, before also draining his bank accounts and pension pots.
Just DAYS after Gary went missing, a lead suspect, Ibrahim Yosif, began renovating the man's house on Broad Avenue in Leicester. The house was said to have been completely transformed for those who were going to live there.
The court heard that Ibrahim Yosif then moved into the property with his wife, Dilan Rabati, and her sister, Dalya Rabati, as well as Dalya's husband at the time, Ahmed Nabla. Another person, Mabast Khalid, was also at the house when the arrests took place.
The court heard that as well as allegedly taking Gary's house, the defendants began to drain his bank accounts alongside his two pension pots.
Another part of the fraud is said to have involved Ibrahim Yosif, Dalya Rabati and Nazem Kakamondo making fake tenancy agreements giving the impression that Gary was letting his home to them.
Before disappearing, Gary had spent almost all of his life living in that same house, even after his parents died in 2004 and 2009 respectively.
He is said to have had a small and close group of friends, and visited the pub daily.
Despite "drinking more than he should", Gary ALWAYS returned home.
He occasionally travelled outside Leicester by bus or train, but again, he always returned home.
The prosecutor said that Diar Muhammedy and Mabast Khalid, both charged with assisting an offender, helped Ibrahim Yosif and Omed Firuzmand evade justice after they murdered Gary on 18 April 2024.
The pair allegedly provided Firuzmand with accommodation and washed items following the murder. It's said that both men worked for Yosif and were trusted by him.
The proceedings will continue at 2pm today.