Naython Muir (pictured) was stabbed to death outside a house in Parkside Road in October last year.

24 year old Mahdi Mumin has been handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 24 years.

23 year old Khalfani Sinclair was also handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 22 years.

He was also handed an extra 16 months for possession of a bladed article to run concurrently.

47 year old Phillip Jones has been handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 years.

24 year old Christian Braimah was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The victim was being used as a pawn by a drugs line to exert their control of drugs supply within the Hounslow area.

Detective Chief Inspector Brian Howie, the senior investigating officer who led the investigation, said:

“The sentencing of these four men is the result of a complex and challenging police investigation.

“Naython, who was known as ‘Nayff’ to his friends and family, was a caring father, son and brother who had his own struggles in life.

“He was being used as a pawn by a drugs line to exert their control of drugs supply within the Hounslow area.

“When Naython crossed paths with the defendants, he was ambushed and subjected to a sudden, unprovoked, violent and ultimately fatal assault using a Zombie type knife.

“I would like to thank the residents of Parkside Road in Hounslow who cared for Naython until the emergency services arrived.

“Their empathy towards Naython and then later his family demonstrated a small community coming together during a very traumatic time for everyone.”

In a joint statement, Naython’s family said:

“Naython was brutally murdered. There are no words to describe the pain and heartache we have felt since the day we were told our ‘Nayff’ had been stolen from our family.

“Our life was torn apart and it will never be the same again.

“Nayff was a caring, selfless person who would help anyone if they needed it; he wouldn’t hurt a fly.”

Naython’s mother said:

“Each week, I relive the moments of seeing Nayff on his knees crying, asking for help, saying he’d been stabbed. He didn’t want to die, he loved his family and wouldn’t want to leave his son.

“A young boy has been robbed of his dad being with him for each of life’s milestones. To watch the defendants have no remorse, no respect, no empathy or emotion to what they have done was beyond belief.

“Never will they be forgiven for taking Naython away from us.”