Two Inmates Sentenced After CCTV Shows Them Smirking While Fatally Attacking Fellow Prisoner Till he Died

Disturbing footage has gone viral showing the moment a 19-year-old inmate, Ashirie Smith, smirked as he left his cell to brutally murder another prisoner inside HMP Leicester.

Smith was captured on CCTV stepping out of his cell shirtless, moments before launching a fatal attack on 31-year-old Mahir Abdulrahman. Smith stamped repeatedly on Abdulrahman’s head and neck inside his cell, leaving him with devastating injuries.

A female prison officer later found Abdulrahman unconscious and severely injured. He was rushed to the hospital, where he suffered a cardiac arrest at around 7:45 a.m. and tragically died an hour later.

A post-mortem examination revealed that Abdulrahman died from a subarachnoid basal hemorrhage—bleeding in a critical area of the brain.

The court heard that tensions between the inmates escalated after Abdulrahman, who had been subjected to ongoing taunts from Smith and another inmate, Thierry Robinson, retaliated by throwing hot water from a kettle at them.

The CCTV footage showed Robinson smirking in the corridor outside Smith’s cell just before the attack. After entering Abdulrahman’s cell, both Smith and Robinson calmly walked out 37 seconds later, leaving him fatally injured. Smith briefly re-entered the cell before exiting again, having carried out the deadly assault.

At Leicester Crown Court, Ashirie Smith was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 and a half years. Thierry Robinson, 21, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Detective Inspector Mark Parish of the East Midlands Special Operations Unit commented on the case, stating: “The injuries suffered by Mahir Abdulrahman showed a serious, sustained attack had taken place which ultimately led to his death.

“Thanks to the hard work of the investigation team, Smith and Robinson have been convicted in court and will now have to face responsibility for their actions”