An Afghan asylum seeker accused of murdering a reveller during a row over an e-scooter broke down in tears today as he claimed his parents were killed by the Taliban and detailed the alleged torture he endured.
Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, 21, was charged with the murder of aspiring Royal Marine Thomas Roberts, 21, outside a Subway sandwich shop in Bournemouth on March 12 last year, having allegedly stabbed him twice in the chest with a ’10cm blade’.
Giving evidence for the first time today at Salisbury Crown Court, Abdulrahimzai sobbed as he described the abuse he claims he endured at the hands of the Taliban and how the insurgents killed his parents after ‘bombing’ his home.
