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<\/p>\nA three-part series uncovers the details an axe attack that left an 18-year-old victim with his hand almost severed.<\/p>\n
Linked to the attack was a notorious gang located in the Rochdale area known as the ''Adam'' OGC (Organised Crime Group).<\/p>\n
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In 2019, four men were jailed for their part in a brutal gang attack that left a tree surgeon with life changing injuries after being hit with an axe.<\/p>\n
Two years prior, in 2017, the victim, then aged 18, was one of four workmates set upon on Church Road, Newbold, on the afternoon of October 17, by a gang of up to 20 men.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old had his hand chopped off in an ''appalling'' attack carried out by an armed mob sparked by a road rage row, a court heard.<\/p>\n
According to reports, the gang had been summoned by a man named Habibur Rahman after he was told to calm down by one of four tree surgeons working in the area.<\/p>\n
At the time of the attack, Rahman was a manager of his family's restaurant the Baytree in Blackley, Manchester.<\/p>\n On October 17, 2017, the victim had stepped in to defend an elderly woman who was abused for her driving, the BBC reports.<\/p>\n However, Rahman was said to have felt ''disrespected'' and as a result assembled up to 20 men for the attack.<\/p>\n One of the mob removed the weapon from the waistband of his trousers and attacked the tree surgeon, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The court heard how the gang member wielded the axe twice – first slashing the victim in the chest, shattering ribs and causing a collapsed lung.<\/p>\n Describing the second blow, Tim Storrie, prosecuting, said: "He followed up with a 360 degree spin of his arm, an act which was doubtless employed to enhance the speed and devastation of the attack.<\/p>\n "The blow itself was aimed at the victim\u2019s head.<\/p>\n "He was dimly aware at this stage of the weeping of blood down into his waistband.<\/p>\n "He was turning his body, attempting to leave the scene.<\/p>\n "Through good fortune, he said he realised the axe was above him aiming for his head.<\/p>\n "He put his arm up to defend himself and the blade essentially severed his arm at the wrist."<\/p>\n The assault almost completely severed his arm above the wrist and he nearly died because of the amount of blood he lost.<\/p>\n After witnessing the attack on his colleague and fearing for their safety, one of the workmen started the motor of a chainsaw in a bid to scare the attackers off.<\/p>\n As a result, the gang members fled the scene.<\/p>\n Following the brutal attack, the victim staggered away from the scene before collapsing.<\/p>\n He was later taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n Mohammed Sajid, also known as ''Skinny'' was the gang member responsible for delivering the brutal blows.<\/p>\n In October 2019, he was found guilty of section 18 wounding following a four-week trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.<\/p>\n He was sentenced to 18 years behind bars.<\/p>\n Judge John Potter told him: "This was a savage and barbaric act against a person who the evidence at trial suggests was acting as a peacemaker."<\/p>\n Rahman, who was described as the instigator of the attack, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for conspiracy to commit violent disorder after the court heard he used a knuckleduster to punch one of the other tree surgeons in the face, and as a result broke his nose.<\/p>\n The OGC member claimed he was subjected to racist threats from the four tree surgeons.<\/p>\n However, sentencing, Judge Potter said this was a ''pack of lies''.<\/p>\n He added: "The fact that a mob could be mobilised so quickly and so heavily-armed is clear evidence in my judgement that you are each associated with gang activity."<\/p>\n Other members of the Adam OCG gang included Mohammed Zillur, Rahman's brother, and Arslan Ali.<\/p>\n Both were jailed for four years and three years.<\/p>\n They were also convicted of conspiracy to commit violent disorder.<\/p>\n A BBC series titled The Detectives: Taking Down an OCG documents the axe attack and the police operation that followed.<\/p>\n Episode one of the series airs on BBC Two tonight (Monday, October 30, 2023) at 9pm.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/TOB-Zara-McDermott-P9-v2_COMP.jpg\")
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