THE T&A can today reveal the 16-year-old who murdered Kian Tordoff was the youngest brother of the Khan family.

Sheryar Khan, now 17, of Yew Tree Avenue, can now be identified as the teenager who murdered 19-year-old Kian Tordoff in John Street on October 10 last year.

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The teenager was found guilty of Mr Tordoff’s murder in Bradford Crown Court (BCC) today, as the fifth day of jury deliberations came to an end.

He was also found guilty of the wounding with intent of Matthew Page, known as Matthew Lowther.

Both were unanimous decisions.

The T&A commonly referred to Mr Khan as “Person A” during the live-blogging of the trial and had to omit certain details in order to prevent his identification.

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Khan is the younger brother of Arbaz Khan, 22, and Aizaz Khan, 27, both of Yew Tree Avenue, who were two of the other defendants in the trial.

Arbaz Khan was found guilty of the manslaughter of Mr Tordoff and guilty of the unlawful wounding of Mr Lowther.

Aizaz Khan was acquitted of murder and attempted murder and has been released.

Sheryar Khan admitted to stabbing Mr Tordoff six times while wielding a machete and knife, after chasing him for a matter of seconds.

The 17-year-old, who was 16 at the time, ran after Mr Tordoff on John Street until his victim fell and Khan got on top of him and inflicted the blows.

The court saw chilling CCTV footage of that moment.

He had got out a white BMW X5 while it was still moving, alongside his brother, Arbaz, who was wielding a machete, after the group had picked up Arbaz's phone from Reanna Dacres who had rung Sheryar.

But Sheryar Khan pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility on account of his mental health at the time of the stabbings.

Khan was diagnosed with psychosis by a psychiatrist from both his defence and the prosecution and claimed a voice – of a Cockney who he said he had heard for some years – told him to arm himself at his mother’s home where he lived and then to “do it, f**king do it” just before the stabbing.

The jury have decided they do not agree with this version of events and that Khan was in control of his actions.

The T&A is able to now name Khan after it successfully challenged a reporting restriction made under Section 45 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence 1999, that can be put in place to prevent the identification of someone under the age of 18 involved in a Crown Court trial.

This was put in place on October 14 last year, when Khan’s case was sent to trial.

The grounds for the T&A’s application were the seriousness of the crime, the prevalence of knife crime, particularly among young people, and how crucial details in terms of the relationships within the trial had to be omitted due to the restriction.

His Honour Judge Richard Mansell QC spoke to the court after the verdicts were returned to remove this order, quoting the email and agreeing with the points made.

This included major public interest in this acting as a deterrent for knife crime, particularly young people arming themselves with big knives and taking the law into their own hands.

He said he balanced this against the welfare of Sheryar Khan and also considered his mental health.

There were mixed verdicts for the three other defendants involved in the trial.

Mohammed Adil Hussain, 18, of Kite Mews in the Lower Grange area, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Kian Tordoff and guilty of the unlawful wounding of Matthew Lowther.

But Amaad Shakiel, 20, of Leaventhorpe Lane and Adam Qayum, 23, of Avenel Road, Allerton were both acquitted of murder and attempted murder.

Sheryar Khan, Arbaz Khan and Hussain will be sentenced tomorrow.

Aizaz Khan and Qayum have been released, while Shakiel has been remanded on unconditional bail for other matters.