A moped-riding murderer may never face justice in Britain after he fled the country on a P&O ferry hours after stabbing a father-of-two to death outside a luxury hotel, a court has heard.
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Blue Stevens, 24, was knifed outside the £1,650-a-night five-star Park Tower Hotel and Casino, which is opposite the Harvey Nichols department store in Knightsbridge, on July 9 last year.
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Members of Blue's family left the public gallery in tears as 'inherently distressing' footage of the fatal knife attack was played in court.
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Fugitive killer Yousef Razak, 25, stabbed Mr Stevens, from Yateley, Hampshire, through the chest in front of his partner before fleeing through central London at speed on his Honda moped, which had fake number plates.
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Less than nine hours later, Razak escaped Britain by boarding a £250 P&O ferry to France before travelling on to the Middle East, the court heard.
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An international warrant is out for his arrest, but in a bitter blow to Mr Stevens' family, prosecutors say he 'will very likely never face justice'.
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The prosecution's case is that six men helped Razak sneak out of Britain and covered his tracks by burning the moped near Pinewood Studios, the world-famous filming location in Buckinghamshire.
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Nicholas McCoy, 22, Jayden Clement-Bryan, 24, Shafwan Meah, 20, and Ali Hindawi, 24, appeared at the Old Bailey today where they are accused of perverting the course of justice.
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Blue Stevens was stabbed outside the £1,650-a-night 5-star Park Tower Hotel and Casino, which is directly across the road from the Harvey Nichols department store in Knightsbridge, on July 9 last year
Nicholas McCoy is alleged to have used Razak's moped earlier in the day and helped him flee the UK
Shafwan Meah and Ali Hindawi arrive at the Old Bailey accused of helping Razak flee the country
Jayden Clement-Bryan is one of four men on trial at the Old Bailey - two have pleaded guilty
Jurors were told Meah's brother Mozahedul Alam, 26, and Hindawi's brother Adnan Hindawi, 25, have admitted the same charge.
Opening the trial at the Old Bailey, prosecutor Peter Ratliff said: 'The man who murdered Blue Stevens was Yousef Razak.
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'Less than nine hours after he inflicted the wound that killed Blue Stevens, he was on a P&O Ferry bound for France.
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He travelled from Europe to the Middle East.
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He is wanted for the murder of Blue Stevens.
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The prosecution's case is that these four defendants, together with two others, are responsible for the fact that Yousef Razak has not faced justice for killing Blue Stevens, and very likely never will.
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Each played a role in ensuring he got out of the country, and destroying evidence that linked him to his crime.'
Mr Stevens' wife Yyvonne, whom he shared two children with, his father and other friends and family members were sat in the public gallery today.
As the prosecution prepared to show CCTV of Mr Stevens being killed, some family members walked out.
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Footage showed Mr Stevens and a woman described in court as his partner, Taylor Laxton, parking up on Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge, in a white BMW at 9.20pm on July 9.
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In CCTV played to the court, Razak can be seen driving past the couple on his moped as they walk down the pavement on Seville Street.
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He then slows downs, turns back in the direction of Mr Stevens and reverses behind a white van, where he parks up and lies in wait.
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Razak then jumps off his moped, crosses the street and grabs Mr Stevens, who reacts by pushing him away.
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However, the attacker grabs Mr Stevens's clothing with his left hand, takes out a knife with his right and stabs Mr Stevens in the chest, jurors were told.
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Distressing footage captured Mr Stevens and his partner running down the street with a knife wound before he later collapsed.
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Members of the public and then paramedics tried to save Mr Stevens, but he was pronounced dead at 10.06pm, less than 45 minutes after he was stabbed.
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Blue's loved ones wept in court as they watched the footage, while his father left the courtroom shortly before it was played to jurors.
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Razak can be seen getting back on his moped and driving away 'at speed'.
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The victim had two children, including a little girl (pictured together)
The murder scene outside Park Tower Casino in London's Knightsbridge in July last year
The prosecution alleges that within minutes of killing Mr Stevens, Razak drove to the home of brothers Alam and Meah in Chiswick, west London.
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Whilst Razak was in Knightsbridge, McCoy, Clement-Bryan, Meah and Alam had been playing football at Goals Gillette Corner in Osterley.
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McCoy, Meah and Alam left the pitches at 9.45pm in a silver Mercedes, while Clement-Bryan followed shortly after in his Volkswagen Polo, jurors heard.
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By 10.30pm, the group - joined by Ali Handawi later - were in the same area, discussing how to get Razak out of the UK, the prosecution says.
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Just after midnight, the court heard, Meah's phone was used to search for ferries from Dover to Calais and for cheap flights from London to Egypt, jurors heard.
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His brother Alam transferred him £179 and Meah used his Lloyd's bank account and phone to make a £275 ferry booking with P&O, which Razak used to escape.
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The prosecution suggests that while this was going on, Adnan Hindawi had driven on a different moped to Razak's address with a yellow drawstring back, where he was 'pretty obviously' picking up essential belongings for the fugitive.
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Driving Adnan's Mercedes, Razak then began his bid to escape, travelling to Dover with a passport he had been given by Ali Hindawi, jurors heard.
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Mr Ratcliff told jurors: 'Those were the steps the Defendants Ali Hindawi and Meah, together with their brothers Adnan Hindawi and Alam, took to get Razak out of the country.
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And they worked – he boarded the P&O ferry Meah had booked for him, using Ali Hindawi's passport, and left this country in the early hours of July 10.
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Police swarmed the exclusive area just before 9.30pm on July 9 2025
Blue Stevens with his mother, Charlie Sheridan, and his son
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The prosecution suggests that Ali Hindawi had given his passport to Razak for one purpose and one purpose only - to get out of the country without getting caught.'
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CCTV shows Razak, wearing a matching tracksuit, getting through security at the Port of Dover at 3.26am on July 10.
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The prosecution alleges that the defendants were then left with a murder-linked moped, which McCoy had also driven earlier on the day of the killing and was linked to.
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Mr Ratliff said: 'The prosecution's case is that the defendants McCoy and Clement-Bryan were, together with Adnan Hindawi and Alam, responsible for disposing of that moped, by burning it out a distance away, by the Pinewood Studios in Slough.'
Before they did this, McCoy is alleged to have turned off two of his phones, which did not connect back to a network until 5.32am on July 10, by which point the moped had been destroyed.
Jurors heard that Clement-Bryan, driving a grey VW Polo, arrived at McCoy's house at 2.52am.
Then at least four men - which allegedly included Clement-Bryan, McCoy and Adnan Hindawi set off in the Polo and the moped.
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The moped, which by this point had another set of false plates on, was 'burned to a shell' and discovered in Black Country Park, next to Pinewood Studios, the following day.
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Clement-Bryan's phone showed him travelling to the area where the moped was found and his VW Polo was captured on CCTV driving away from the scene.
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