Third Man Charged Over Southall Shooting


26-year old Khalid Abdi Farah was shot dead in a car on Lady Margaret Road

Detectives investigating the murder of Khalid Abdi Farah in Southall on 11 November 2017 have charged a third man.

Khalid Abdi Farah

The 26-year-old was shot as he sat in the driver’s seat of his hire car outside a parade of shops at 480, Lady Margaret Road, Southall in the early hours.

The gunman came out of a black- coloured VW Tiguan car that had parked up beside Mr Farah’s vehicle, approached him and fired shots through the open passenger window.

A passenger, who was with Mr Farah at the time, managed to escape uninjured.

Mr Farah from Greenford was taken to St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington but despite the efforts of emergency services, he died within a few hours.

Joshua Folorunso, 27 was arrested on Thursday, 25 January in the Milton Keynes area on suspicion of assisting an offender and arson. He was charged on 26 January with both offences and appeared at Willesden Magistrates Court on Saturday, 27 January. He has been remanded in custody to appear at Harrow Crown Court on Friday, 23 February.

Jermaine Paul, 22 was arrested on Friday, 12 January and charged with the murder of 26-year-old Khalid Farah. He was remanded in custody ahead of his next court appearance at the Old Bailey in late February.

Malique Thompson-Hill, 21 was charged on Sunday, 3 December with Khalid's murder. He appeared in custody at Ealing Magistrates' Court on Monday. 4 December. He remains remanded in custody ahead of his next court appearance at the Old Bailey in late February.

29th January 2018