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Rasheed Rahman’s murder case
Concluded — How it ended →
Where it stands
Rasheed Rahman was sentenced to life imprisonment at Wood Green Crown Court on 10 September 2026 for stabbing Mark Carroll to death in a Camden park on 10 April 2024. The criminal case has reached the endpoint set by the charter: sentencing.
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The story so far
Free on Bail Twice in a Week, Then He Murdered a Grandfather
Rasheed Rahman stabbed grandfather Mark Carroll from behind while on bail twice in a week. A judge called him very dangerous. Police are now asking if they could have stopped him.
What moved
- Came up behind Mark Carroll in St Martin's Gardens and stabbed him to death.
Still open after this report
- No published findings yet from the Met preventability review.
- No independent corroboration established for claimed trauma history and age.
History
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Who's involved
Places
- IlfordIlford, UK1 report
- RomfordRomford, UK1 report
- Saint Martin's GardensCamden St, London NW1 0DX, UK1 report
- Wood Green Crown CourtLordship Ln, London N22 5LF, UK1 report
Every outlet we read on this story
25 sources19 outlets1 video2 wire copies
The Independentindependent.co.uk5
- ‘Dangerous’ teenager who murdered grandfather while on police bail jailed for life
- Free to murder: How a violent teenager on bail was left free to kill an innocent man
- Violent criminal who killed ‘kind’ grandfather had carried out vicious stabbing weeks earlier
- Loving grandad was killed in random knife attack by man released on police bail
- Grandfather killed in unprovoked attack days after murderer had been released on bail
The Independentthe-independent.com2First1 video
cafe.com1
courtnewsuk.co.uk1
Reason Magazinereason.com1
wikipedia.org1
