Two teenagers guilty over Adam Khan ambush killing in Luton
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Updated · BBC.com · May 8
Two teenagers guilty over Adam Khan ambush killing in Luton
11 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 8
At Harrow Crown Court, a 17-year-old boy was convicted of murder and a 17-year-old girl of manslaughter over the 31 August 2025 attack.
Prosecutors said the girl lured 26-year-old Khan to Humberstone Road, where the boy attacked him with a machete; Khan, stabbed five times, died in hospital that evening.
The pair, both from Luton and aged 16 at the time, cannot be named and will be sentenced later. The boy admitted planning to trick Khan and had previous youth convictions, including knife crime.
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