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TikTok Star Sentenced to Life for Double Murder

10/18/2025

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Mahek Bukhari, a TikTok influencer, has been sentenced to life for the double murder of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin.
The Court of Appeal is reviewing the sentence, describing it as wholly disproportionate.
Prosecutors say Hussain and Ijazuddin were lured to a Tesco car park in Leicester to return the £3,000.
The murders followed Hussain's threat to release explicit material about Ansreen if she did not repay the £3,000.
The trial took place at Leicester Crown Court two years ago.

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Mahek Bukhari, a TikTok influencer, has been sentenced to life for the double murder of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin.
The Court of Appeal is reviewing the sentence, describing it as wholly disproportionate.
Prosecutors say Hussain and Ijazuddin were lured to a Tesco car park in Leicester to return the £3,000.
The murders followed Hussain's threat to release explicit material about Ansreen if she did not repay the £3,000.
The trial took place at Leicester Crown Court two years ago.