Mojtaba Shams, 46, jailed for 15 years for injuring two other men in London

Mojtaba Shams, 46, of Flat 2,122 Hale Lane,NW7 was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on Friday, 7 December for ABH; wounding with intent; possession of an offensive weapon; possession of a bladed article and threatening another with a knife.

The court heard that on Saturday, 10 March, Shams had been drinking and socialising at his home with a friend from about 22:00hrs.



Shams was contacted on Facebook by an associate, who asked for his telephone number.



Shams spoke to the man, who then passed the phone over to another associate who Shams had had a falling out with years previously.



Shams became upset and challenged the man to come to his address after he took exception to comments he made.



CCTV footage showed Shams running out of his address with a mobile phone in one hand a large kitchen knife in the other, followed by the friend he had been drinking with.



He went towards Granville Place and was seen returning a few minutes later pursued by his friend and the two males, one of whom had sustained a slash wound to his cheek.



The men congregated outside the address and began pushing and shoving each other. The other male tried to speak to Shams, who then head-butted him in the face several times before going back inside.



Eventually all the males went inside Shams' address before returning back outside, Shams this time armed with a baseball bat as he paced around.



The males left and police arrived. Shams claimed he had been attacked by the group but CCTV revealed he had been the aggressor.



Shams claimed he could not feel his legs and was taken to hospital for treatment; a claim he continued through the judicial process.



He had been claiming to be paralysed so as to receive a more lenient sentence. The male who had sustained a facial wound required reconstructive surgery and continues to be affected by his injuries to this day, he has now suffered hearing loss.