Mustaf Jama

Mustaf Jama (born 1980 in Somalia) is a Somalian criminal, suspected of involvement in the murder of British policewoman Sharon Beshenivsky. Mustaf Jama is the older brother of the convicted Somalian-born British-based murderer, Yusuf Jama. Yusuf Jama shot dead WPC Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford on 18 November 2005, after an armed robbery on a travel agents.

Mustaf Jama is believed to have been involved. Mustaf Jama was extradited from Somalia on 1 November 2007, and was charged with murder, robbery, two charges of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and two charges of possessing a prohibited weapon at Leeds Magistrates Court on 2 November 2007, He was remanded into custody and is currently awaiting a further appearance at Leeds Crown Court on 9 November 2007.

His brother, Yusuf Jama, an illegal immigrant, was found guilty of murdering WPC Beshenivsky and attempting to murder one of her colleagues. Yusuf Jama was sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum of 35 years, which is expected to keep him in prison until at least 2041 and the age of 56.

According to The Times, in 1993, Nadifa Egal, a Somali woman arrived at Heathrow with three children and a Kenyan people trafficker who falsely claimed to be her husband. Mrs Egal described the danger from which her family were fleeing following tribal violence. The family were granted leave to remain and Mrs Egal set about contacting her four other children who had been sent to the UK in 1992. Soon after being granted leave to remain it is reported that Mrs Egal returned to Somalia leaving her seven children to be brought up by friends and relatives in London and Birmingham.

Mustaf Jama was 12 years old when he stood by his mother's side at Heathrow in 1993. Eight years after arriving in the UK, Mustaf was jailed for burglary and robbery offences. After a string of violent criminal offences he was released from prison in 2005 aged 25; he was considered for deportation but permitted to remain because it was deemed too dangerous to send him back to Somalia where the conflict continued. Some time between Christmas Day and New’s Year he fled the UK, returning to Somalia, apparently bearing his sister’s passport and disguised in a niqab. Jama was not required to prove his identity by immigration staff.

It has been further reported that Jama’s Uncle is a former Somalian Foreign Minister and his father a former MP and cousin of Mohamed Siad Barre the country’s ex-president who seized power in 1969 after a military coup. Mustaf Jama was reportedly protected and hiding in Somalia.

Mustaf Jama was extradited from Somalia on 1st November 2007 to face questioning in Leeds.

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