Enfield Stabbing Fallout: Five Jailed Over Fatal Cannabis Factory Burglaries
Skender Ismaili, 30, was stabbed to death during a botched burglary in Enfield’s Lytton Avenue in July 2020. The grim stabbing happened in the early hours of 17 July while a gang tried to raid a cannabis farm linked to Ismaili.
Single Knife Wound Proves Fatal
A post-mortem on 19 July confirmed Ismaili died from a single stab wound to the chest. The case quickly unfolded into a major homicide and burglary probe.
Detective Inspector: ‘Too High a Price for Involvement in Drugs’
Detective Inspector Neil Cramer, Specialist Crime, said: “As a result of a painstaking investigation, five people were charged in connection with either the killing of Skender Ismaili or the associated burglary at Lytton Avenue. A sixth was charged with assisting an offender. Such was the weight of evidence against them, they had no option but to enter guilty pleas.”
“Mr Ismaili paid too great a price for his involvement in the cultivation of cannabis at the property. Anyone who buys illegal 1 should reflect on this human cost when considering the choices they make around drug use.”
Guilty Pleas and Sentences Handed Down
- Ali Coulibaly, 21, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated burglary. He was jailed for 11 years at Woolwich Crown Court on 11 March 2022.
- Four others admitted aggravated burglary:
- Mason Harris-Williams (6 years 4 months)
- Daniel Fletcher (5 years)
- Ahmed Yamac (5 years 5 months)
- Jazeel Lewis (7 years)
Harris-Williams, Fletcher, and Lewis hail from Ealing. Yamac is from Feltham.
- Haseeb Nadeem from Raynes Park received a two-year suspended sentence for assisting an offender.
The brutal stabbing and linked burglaries highlight the deadly risks behind illegal drug cultivation. Police urge the public to think twice about the human cost of buying and using illegal drugs.
