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A man has admitted killing a dog walker in what prosecutors described as a “frenzy of violence” in west London.<\/b><\/p>\n

Dawood Safi, 28, fatally stabbed 49-year-old Wayne Broadhurst on 27 October 2025. Earlier that day he had attacked his 45-year-old landlord, Shahzad Farrukh, and a teenage boy in Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge.<\/p>\n

Safi pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Broadhurst on the grounds of diminished responsibility due to his psychotic state – which has been accepted by the prosecution.<\/p>\n

He will stand trial before a jury at Southwark Crown Court on charges of attempting to murder Farrukh and the 14-year-old boy.<\/p>\n

For the prosecution, Jonathan Laidlaw KC told the court four mental health experts had concluded Safi suffered a “complete mental collapse” during the incident.<\/p>\n

Psychiatrists described him as neurotic, with a tendency to ruminate and worry, and said he had developed a “rigid sense of right and wrong”.<\/p>\n

Laidlaw said: “He was in a psychotic state and had lost contact with reality. He was not able to distinguish what was real and what was not. He was hearing voices and had delusional beliefs.”<\/p>\n

At a previous hearing, Safi also admitted lesser charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm relating to Farrukh and actual bodily harm in relation to the boy.<\/p>\n

The court today heard how a witness describing Safi as appearing “possessed”, before he attacked and killed Broadhurst – a man he had never met.<\/p>\n

Broadhurst died after suffering multiple stab wounds to the neck, chest and side.<\/p>\n

The prosecution acknowledged that Broadhurst’s family had wanted Safi to be found guilty of murder.<\/p>\n

Safi entered the UK in a lorry in 2020 and was granted asylum in 2022, the Home Office previously confirmed.<\/p>\n

After the jury was sworn in, the prosecution outlined more of Safi’s background to the court.<\/p>\n

“He spoke about his father having been killed by the Taliban; and of being threatened and harassed by the Taliban”.<\/p>\n

“None of that was true,” said Laidlaw.<\/p>\n

Arriving in the country, Safi gave a false date of birth which would make him 23 now, but he is in fact 28, the prosecution said.<\/p>\n

The trial continues. <\/p>\n

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