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The Irish Sun
23-07-2025
- The Irish Sun
Chilling moment phone snatcher leaps from car & stabs aristocrat's footballer grandson to death in savage robbery
THIS is the chilling moment a phone thief jumped from a car and stabbed an aristocrat's footballer grandson to death. Shocking Advertisement 7 Oguzcan Derel jumped out of a blue Ford Focus armed with a machete Credit: Unpixs 7 He pulled Abdul-Latif Pouget, 20, off his moped in the street Credit: Central News 7 The killer stabbed his victim and fled the scene Credit: Central News Abdul-Latif Pouget, 20, had been sitting on a moped near Farringdon station, in London, before the brutal attack at around 9.30pm. Dereli can be seen leaping out of a blue Ford Focus estate armed with a machete. Pouget attempts to ride away but Dereli knocks him off his bike and knifes him multiple times. The victim, known as Abz, was in critical condition for three days before he sadly succumbed to his injuries. Advertisement Read More The horror had taken just 13 seconds to unfold. Abz was the grandson of Baron Bouget, and his great-grandfather had been banker George de Vere Drummond, godson of King George VI. The Pouget family also has links to Chateau Pouget, a winery in the Margaux appellation of Bordeaux, France. The 20-year-old was a talented footballer and played on the left wing for Zaza FC in the Barnet Sunday Football League, the Old Bailey heard. Advertisement Most read in The Sun Cannabis dealer Dereli denied murder but was today found guilty by a jury. The conviction is the latest on a long list, with 39 previous on his criminal record. He was sentenced to 18 months in 2018 for a string of phone thefts in London. Abz's brother Badruddin, delivered a moving victim impact statement in court. Advertisement He addressed the defendant in the dock and said: "Mr Dereli, when Abz was nine you had your first conviction. "When Abz was collecting medals you were collecting bank cards and snatching phones from strangers. You were caught hiding under a mattress." 7 Abz fought for his life in hospital for three days before he tragically died Credit: Central News 7 Dereli was convicted of murder at the Old Bailey today Credit: Central News Advertisement 7 He was found at the Easy Hotel with another woman by cops Credit: Unpixs The heartbroken brother described his beloved sibling as "a young man who, unlike you, was loved for who he was, not feared for what he might do." "I hope that justice might speak for Abz now since you never let him speak again," he added. The victim's devastated mother, Kawsar Pouget, also paid tribute to her "kind, respectful, polite and humble" son. Advertisement "He was a talented and gifted footballer who was a role model to those younger than him. He was young intelligent and full of promise," she added. "He bought warmth and laughter to every room. His murder shattered the natural order of things and has broken something deep within us. "Every member of the family carries this loss. Our family gatherings now taken place at the graveside." Prosecutors argued Dereli had been trying to steal Abz's phone at the time. Advertisement But the defendant told the court his victim had wrongly accused him of robbery and he was acting in self-defence after a confrontation ensued. Prosecuting, Danny Robinson, told the court Abz was still sat on his moped when Dereli came at him with a machete. "He struck him with the machete and then stabbed him with it to his right thigh. The stab wound severed an artery causing instant massive blood loss and Mr Pouget collapsed on the pavement," he told the court. Abz tragically died in hospital three days later at 11.15am on October 21. Advertisement Police detained Dereli at the Easy Hotel on October 19, where he was staying with a woman. The court heard his girlfriend had given birth shortly before the murder, but Dereli had not met his baby because he was "scared". Cops were unable to locate the murder weapon but arrested Dereli on October 20. The court heard his family of eleven were Kurdish asylum seekers who all lived in a three bedroomed council flat. Advertisement His father was unemployed and his mother was too ill to work. Dereli, of Alexander Road, Holloway, denied but was convicted of murder and having an offensive weapon. Judge Sarah Whitehouse said upon sentencing: "I am not satisfied this was a murder carried out in the circumstances of a robbery. "We shall probably never know why you decided to get out of your car and run over and stab Mr Pouget." Advertisement But the judge added there had been rumours of a disagreement over a debt. "Some of the rumours were that you and Mr Pouget had an altercation that very evening in which he had got the better of you and your friends had encouraged you to go out and seek revenge," continued the judge. "I am satisfied you had formed the intention to cause him really serious bodily harm when you stopped and got out of your car at speed, carrying that machete. "Your actions caused incalculable distress to Abdul-Latif Pouget's family." Advertisement Detective Chief Inspector Lucie Card, who led the Met's investigation, said: "My thoughts and that of my team remain with Abdul's family, a much loved brother, friend and neighbour. "A young man has tragically died in a senseless and brutal way. I can only hope that this sentence can go some way in providing a sense of justice to Abdul's family." 7 Abz was a talented footballer Credit: Central News


Scottish Sun
23-07-2025
- Scottish Sun
Chilling moment phone snatcher leaps from car & stabs aristocrat's footballer grandson to death in savage robbery
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THIS is the chilling moment a phone thief jumped from a car and stabbed an aristocrat's footballer grandson to death. Shocking CCTV footage showed Oguzcan Dereli, 27, pull up next to his victim on October 18 last year. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 7 Oguzcan Derel jumped out of a blue Ford Focus armed with a machete Credit: Unpixs 7 He pulled Abdul-Latif Pouget, 20, off his moped in the street Credit: Central News 7 The killer stabbed his victim and fled the scene Credit: Central News Abdul-Latif Pouget, 20, had been sitting on a moped near Farringdon station, in London, before the brutal attack at around 9.30pm. Dereli can be seen leaping out of a blue Ford Focus estate armed with a machete. Pouget attempts to ride away but Dereli knocks him off his bike and knifes him multiple times. The victim, known as Abz, was in critical condition for three days before he sadly succumbed to his injuries. The horror had taken just 13 seconds to unfold. Abz was the grandson of Baron Bouget, and his great-grandfather had been banker George de Vere Drummond, godson of King George VI. The Pouget family also has links to Chateau Pouget, a winery in the Margaux appellation of Bordeaux, France. The 20-year-old was a talented footballer and played on the left wing for Zaza FC in the Barnet Sunday Football League, the Old Bailey heard. Cannabis dealer Dereli denied murder but was today found guilty by a jury. The conviction is the latest on a long list, with 39 previous on his criminal record. He was sentenced to 18 months in 2018 for a string of phone thefts in London. Abz's brother Badruddin, delivered a moving victim impact statement in court. He addressed the defendant in the dock and said: "Mr Dereli, when Abz was nine you had your first conviction. "When Abz was collecting medals you were collecting bank cards and snatching phones from strangers. You were caught hiding under a mattress." 7 Abz fought for his life in hospital for three days before he tragically died Credit: Central News 7 Dereli was convicted of murder at the Old Bailey today Credit: Central News 7 He was found at the Easy Hotel with another woman by cops Credit: Unpixs The heartbroken brother described his beloved sibling as "a young man who, unlike you, was loved for who he was, not feared for what he might do." "I hope that justice might speak for Abz now since you never let him speak again," he added. The victim's devastated mother, Kawsar Pouget, also paid tribute to her "kind, respectful, polite and humble" son. "He was a talented and gifted footballer who was a role model to those younger than him. He was young intelligent and full of promise," she added. "He bought warmth and laughter to every room. His murder shattered the natural order of things and has broken something deep within us. "Every member of the family carries this loss. Our family gatherings now taken place at the graveside." Prosecutors argued Dereli had been trying to steal Abz's phone at the time. But the defendant told the court his victim had wrongly accused him of robbery and he was acting in self-defence after a confrontation ensued. Prosecuting, Danny Robinson, told the court Abz was still sat on his moped when Dereli came at him with a machete. "He struck him with the machete and then stabbed him with it to his right thigh. The stab wound severed an artery causing instant massive blood loss and Mr Pouget collapsed on the pavement," he told the court. Abz tragically died in hospital three days later at 11.15am on October 21. Police detained Dereli at the Easy Hotel on October 19, where he was staying with a woman. The court heard his girlfriend had given birth shortly before the murder, but Dereli had not met his baby because he was "scared". Cops were unable to locate the murder weapon but arrested Dereli on October 20. The court heard his family of eleven were Kurdish asylum seekers who all lived in a three bedroomed council flat. His father was unemployed and his mother was too ill to work. Dereli, of Alexander Road, Holloway, denied but was convicted of murder and having an offensive weapon. Judge Sarah Whitehouse said upon sentencing: "I am not satisfied this was a murder carried out in the circumstances of a robbery. "We shall probably never know why you decided to get out of your car and run over and stab Mr Pouget." But the judge added there had been rumours of a disagreement over a debt. "Some of the rumours were that you and Mr Pouget had an altercation that very evening in which he had got the better of you and your friends had encouraged you to go out and seek revenge," continued the judge. "I am satisfied you had formed the intention to cause him really serious bodily harm when you stopped and got out of your car at speed, carrying that machete. "Your actions caused incalculable distress to Abdul-Latif Pouget's family." Detective Chief Inspector Lucie Card, who led the Met's investigation, said: "My thoughts and that of my team remain with Abdul's family, a much loved brother, friend and neighbour. "A young man has tragically died in a senseless and brutal way. I can only hope that this sentence can go some way in providing a sense of justice to Abdul's family."


Evening Standard
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Evening Standard
Nikesh Patel: 'People want to dial back woke... not on my watch!'
This is one of the tensions that the play plucks, as the group unravel separately and then come to realise Abz is in several forms of denial about who is. Patel says the play was an opportunity to creatively deal with last year's anti-immigration violence and rhetoric which led many communities to fear for their lives and place in British society. 'It left a psychological scar on so many people,' says Patel, 'There hasn't been a huge amount of engagement with this, which is one of the reasons I'm so proud of the play.'


The Guardian
13-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Speed review – comic tale of road rage and race is approachably provocative
Representation and its discontents lay at the heart of Mohamed-Zain Dada's energised debut play, Blue Mist. It was set in a shisha lounge populated by three British Pakistani bros, though its serious themes came under cover of larkiness. That play, nominated for an Olivier award, showcased Dada's potential. This follow-up, directed by Milli Bhatia, cements Dada as an audacious new talent. Misrepresentation and anger against racial stereotyping lies at its heart of it, although you would not know it from its deceptively light setup. Three British Asian people have been summoned to a basement of a Holiday Inn hotel for a speed awareness course. They are repeat offenders and submit to it for fear of losing their driving licence. Faiza (Shazia Nicholls) is a smugly self-proclaimed hot-shot CEO, Harleen (Sabrina Sandhu) is a put-upon nurse who oozes attitude, and Samir (Arian Nik) is a boy-racer from Yorkshire – and the clown of this classroom. The session begins in predictable fashion, with a road theory test, a clipboard and a clutch of anti road-rage acronyms. But it turns into a kind of anger-management cum therapy session when their course facilitator, Abz (Nikesh Patel), starts talking about radical listening and encountering the unknown self, gradually needling each of them until they rise to the bait. The drama begins in the bouncy style of a Friday night TV sitcom, with broad characters and crowd-pleasing jokes about Dragons' Den. But it revs into a sparky genre bender, twisting from comedy to ghost story to absurdist crime caper. The white-collar realism of Thomás Palmer's set design (fish tank, drinks machine) morphs into PTSD hallucination and switches back in seconds. It risks schlockiness and confusion with even a small mis-step, but it is too nimble for that. The comic element never vanishes, and brings with it layered laughs (only Punjabi/Urdu speakers will get the rude double meaning of RUNDI, the acronym Abz gives this speeding course). But it grows spooky and snarls with upset as the group discover truths about the ever more agitated Abz, who Samir likens to 'Bin Laden running an anti-terror course'. These provoked characters raise provocative issues: there is anger against bigotry and big unbeatable structures, and questions over whether to acquiesce, as Abz advocates, or rage against them whatever the cost. Just as in Blue Mist, Dada delivers these complex ideas with a light touch so that there is no jarring didacticism. Of course, it is about so much more than speeding and road rage. Blasting through at 90 minutes, it maintains it's smile for a long time but ends with bared teeth. At Bush theatre, London, until 17 May