The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to Mr Ali-Khani’s murder at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday (November 9). He had earlier pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article. Police were called around 6.25pm on July 8 this year to Raikes Road after a report of an assault. Emergency services attended and found Mr Ali-Khani, 27, from Preston, with stab wounds to the chest. He was treated by paramedics and taken to Royal Preston Hospital but sadly later died. A post-mortem examination gave a cause of death as stab wounds. Police made a number of arrests, launching a murder inquiry. Following investigation, detectives discovered that Mr Ali-Khani had been waiting in his car, a blue Audi, when he was approached by the boy. During the confrontation Mr Ali-Khani was stabbed to the leg and chest and collapsed on the street. It is believed the attacker had been intending to target another man, who was also sat in a car on Raikes Road, and Mr Ali-Khani was tragically murdered in a case of mistaken identity. The boy was later charged with murder. Following his plea, he will be sentenced at Preston Crown Court on November 29.
