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Footage has been released showing the moment a gunman who shot dead a have-a-go hero warehouse boss in a botched robbery is collared by police on a flight from Pakistan to London.
Tahir Zarif, 29, was convicted of murder today following the incident six years ago, and was arrested by British officers on the plane after being extradited to the UK.
The arrest took place in 2020 after Zarif had been on the run in Pakistan after fleeing the UK days after the attempted robbery over six years ago, with the footage released by police today.
Zarif shot 56-year-old Akhtar Javeed, who bravely tried to fight off two gunmen during a raid at his cash-and-carry, on February 3, 2016.
Tahir Zarif smiles at police officers as they board his flight from Pakistan to London Gatwick to arrest him on February 27, 2020
He appears to be nervous as officers prepare to arrest him on the flight following his extradition to the UK
Zarif winces after West Midlands Police officers place handcuffs on him following his arrest on the aeroplane
CCTV of Tahir Zarif as he ambushed the cash and carry just minutes before he shot Akhtar Javeed on February 3, 2016
Mr Javeed was tied up before he was shot in the foot, leg, throat and mouth as he made a break for the exit of the Direct Source 3 warehouse in Digbeth, Birmingham.
He collapsed in the street and died after choking on his own blood while the robbers escaped in a getaway car empty-handed.
Zarif fled the UK days after the killing but he was finally tracked down and detained by police in Mirpur, Pakistan, in January 2018, before being extradited in February 2020.
Zarif claimed he accidentally shot Mr Javeed twice in a struggle, but was found guilty of murder today.
He now faces being jailed for life when he is sentenced at Coventry Crown Court next Friday, December 9.
Akhtar Javeed, whose daughter described him as an 'honourable gentleman', was murdered by Tahir Zarif in a botched robbery in 2016
