16/07/2025
Seven Men Charged with Murder, Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury
Wednesday, 16 July, 2025
Seven men will appear before magistrates in Leeds tomorrow charged with the murder of a man in Dewsbury.
Extensive enquires continue by the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team into the murder on Saturday 12 July of a man who can now be named as 36-year-old Shahmus Hussain from Dewsbury.
Mr Hussain was fatally stabbed in Crow Nest Park at about 8:10pm following an incident of disorder.
As part of the fast-moving investigation, the below men have now been charged with murder and detained in custody to appear before Leeds Magistrates’ Court.
They are:
Saqlain Ali, aged 21, of Pilgrim Drive, Dewsbury.
Basit Ali, aged 31, of Pilgrim Drive, Dewsbury.
Sakeb Khan, aged 32, of Pilgrim Drive, Dewsbury.
Asim Akram, aged 20, of Pilgrim Crescent, Dewsbury.
Faizaan Akram, aged 18, of Pilgrim Crescent, Dewsbury.
Zeeshan Khan, aged 18, of Pilgrim Crescent, Dewsbury.
Asif Azeem, aged 23, of Groves Hall Road, Dewsbury.
A 44-year-old Dewsbury man arrested earlier in the week has now been released under investigation while a 23-year-old Dewsbury man has been released on police bail.
Police continue to appeal for information about the offence, which is being treated as a localised and isolated incident.
Information can be provided to the HMET investigation team by calling West Yorkshire Police on 101 or online at https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/LiveChat quoting reference 1860 of 12/7.