Refugee who stabbed youth footballer Kiyan Prince to death has been deported to Somalia
A SOMALIAN refugee who stabbed youth footballer Kiyan Prince to death outside a school has been deported.
Hannad Hasan was given sanctuary in 2001 after fleeing the war-torn African nation.
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But just five years later, the thug teen killed QPR youth player Kiyan, 15, after he tried to break up a fight.
Hasan, 17, got Kiyan in a headlock and stabbed him through the heart with a penknife in a May 2006 murder in Edgware, north-west London, which horrified Britain.
Hasan was handed a minimum of 13-years behind bars and was denied parole last year.
The now 35-year-old was flown to Somalia in October 2024.
Queens Park Rangers called their ground the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium in 2019 after a fan vote over naming rights.
The West London championship club reverted to their Loftus Road name three years later.
When Hasan was jailed, Judge Paul Worsley said: 'Taking the life of another is always a terrible thing - taking the life of a talented, popular 15-year-old schoolboy who was known to you and who had done you no wrong and had everything to live for defies description.'
After the verdict, Mr Prince said the family was 'ecstatic, over the moon' at the sentence.
A Home Office spokesperson said: 'Foreign nationals who commit crime should be in no doubt that we will do everything to make sure they are not free to roam Britain's streets, including removing them from the UK at the earliest possible opportunity.
'Since the election we've removed 4,436 foreign criminals, a 14% increase on the same period 12 months prior.'
Not-for-profit KPF is committed to using Kiyan's legacy to combat knife crime and other forms of youth violence.
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