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Story summary
- Ali Abdul Basit, 19, was convicted of murder for stabbing Michael Patrick Afonso Peixoto, 27, in Thornton Heath on December 19, 2023.
- Police tracked Basit for two years using DNA from a cigarette butt at the scene to identify him.
- Basit fled to Pakistan after the attack and returned to the UK in May 2025, with evidence linking him to three other men convicted in December 2024.
