A double killer who sought asylum in the UK has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a man during a dispute over an e-scooter.

Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, 21, was found guilty earlier this week of killing 21-year-old Thomas Roberts in Bournemouth, Dorset, last year.

He will serve a minimum of 29 years.

Mr Roberts had been acting as a “peacemaker” after his friend James Medway got into an argument with Abdulrahimzai over an e-scooter that was left outside a Subway sandwich shop in March.

Mr Roberts slapped Abdulrahimzai in the face during the 24-second confrontation.

Abdulrahimzai then revealed a knife he had hidden between the two pairs of trousers he was wearing and stabbed Mr Roberts twice before running away into nearby woodland.

He then buried the knife before burning the trousers, jacket and an Afghan flag he was wearing as a scarf.

Abdulrahimzai claimed he fled his home country of Afghanistan after he was tortured by the Taliban and his parents were killed.

After the verdict was delivered, the court heard how he had previously been convicted of murdering two people in Serbia, as well as a related firearm offence.

A trial was held in his absence after he fled the country, and he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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