 Awan , 22 , ran a recruitment company and had previously attended the city 's Deacon 's School . He was an unofficial police informer and the court was told he thought of himself as a gangster and had a " fantasy for knives " . Nazir , 22 , was close friends with Awan . He was married in Kashmir the month prior to the murder and had a son . He was educated at Bretton Woods School , had worked in a factory and later in a takeaway restaurant with Mahrad , whom he had known since childhood . Ali , 25 , had also attended Bretton Woods School and was also married , though his wife left him during the trial . He was given a reference at the trial by the Deputy Mayor of Peterborough , Raja Akhtar. and Labour Party councillor Mohammed Choudhary , with Akhtar stating he had " known him to be caring and responsible " . Mahrad , 21 , owned a takeaway restaurant business in King 's Lynn . 
