Five men were convicted at Bradford Crown Court on November 6, 2026, of plotting to murder two men who survived an attack on Tickhill Street. A serving West Yorkshire Police community support officer, Alice Dobson, was separately found guilty of perverting the course of justice. Police said their investigation uncovered a breach from inside the force: operational information had been passed to the men involved in the plot.
The attack that led to the trial
West Yorkshire Police put the attack at about 10 p.m. on May 11, 2025, in Bradford, England. Usamah Khan and Zayad Khan were set upon by men armed with machetes. Usamah escaped in a friend’s car with a serious neck injury. Zayad ran in a different direction, was caught and was left with injuries police described as life changing. Both survived.
The court found Mohammed Waqqas Khan, Rahees Khan, Hanzalah Saladin, Adam Takolia and a fifth man guilty of two conspiracy-to-murder counts each. The fifth defendant cannot be identified for legal reasons. Rahees Khan was also convicted of perverting the course of justice. ITV Calendar’s court coverage separately confirms the verdicts and the disposition of the defendants.
What the verdict says about the police leak
Dobson was convicted of perverting the course of justice, a separate offense from the conspiracy counts against the five men. Police said she accessed operational information and passed it on. In unrelated matters, she had already admitted one count of perverting the course of justice and one count of misconduct in public office. Those admissions concerned unauthorized use of police systems and efforts to influence investigations, according to the force.
The distinction matters: the verdict against Dobson addresses interference with justice. It is not a conspiracy-to-murder verdict against her. The force attributed the investigation into her conduct to its counter-corruption team and said she remained suspended and would face a gross misconduct hearing. That proceeding is separate from the criminal sentencing.
What happens next
The five men were remanded in custody pending sentencing, set for February 8, 2027. Dobson was released on bail, and her sentencing date had not been fixed as of the November 6 police announcement. See the UK case collection and Trials & Outcomes for more coverage of how verdicts and sentencing are recorded.
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