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This is the face of a grinning cold-bloodied killer who brutally murdered Taimoor Zaheer during a “public execution” in a Birmingham street.

Drug dealers Anib Khan, 23, and his brother Harras, 25, lured their victim into Maxwell Road before blasting him with a shotgun.

Jewellery loving Anib pulled the trigger.

His 20-year-old victim "did not stand a chance", a jury was told at Birmingham Crown Court.

The brothers, both of Crompton Road, Handsworth, are now behind bars after being convicted of the May 22 murder.

Anib Khan was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 32 years his brother Harras Khan was also given life, with a minimum of 29 years.

During the two-week trial the court heard that the shooting was because of a drugs turf war – and they wanted to show their authority.

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So who is Anib Khan?

Khan’s previous convictions

Prosecutor Karim Khalil, QC, said Anib Khan had a previous conviction for wounding with intent on August 27 2013, when he punctured a man’s lung during an “ugly incident”.

This is how much killer Anib Khan was making

Giving evidence, Anib Khan said his occupation was a ‘drug dealer’ but he had not been doing it as long as his ‘drug lord’ brother, Harras.

“I was making about £2,000 to £3,000 a month,” Anib Khan told Birmingham Crown Court. “I was not the main man.”

But when asked who the main man was he said: “I would not like to comment on that.”

Khan said he found his clients around the area and that he had “more than enough customers.”

Here's how the trial at Birmingham Crown Court unfolded:

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He said he knew Mr Zaheer was dealing in the local area but had a different client base.

Why Anib Khan had a gun

Khan said the gun had been moved from different cars.

“I had it just in case. Other people can come with knives and guns and I need to be able to protect myself and my family,” he said.

“Just in case someone else is coming at me with a gun to save my own life.”

Where Anib got the gun from

Anib Khan said on May 22 – the day of the murder – he had put a shotgun in a Berlingo and he had got it “from a guy who owed me money.”

When asked why he had the gun, he said he had been told ‘that his life was in danger’.

“I was not going to put the gun in the house because people might find it.”

The moment killer pulled the trigger

“I thought Taimoor was trying to pull a gun on me - so I jumped back,” Anib told Birmingham Crown Court.

“I then heard his friend shouting ‘blast him, blast him. Do it, do it.’

“I saw him extend his arm and I thought that was it. Because I thought I was going to be shot, I just pulled the trigger.”

What happened after killing Taimoor Zaheer

Karim Khalil QC, prosecuting, asked Anib Khan why he continued to deal drugs after shooting a man.

“You went to Sandwell after the shooting with the purpose to deal drugs?,” said Mr Khalil.

“I did not,” replied Khan.

Mr Khalil asked: “But was a package handed over after travelling to Sandwell?”

“I’m not sure,” he replied. “I was not there.”

The court heard that Anib shaved his beard a couple of hours after the shooting in Maxwell Avenue in a bid to change his appearance.

Anib was picked up at the outbound passport control point after French borders officials spotted him.

Turf war which led to murder

Mr Khalil said Harras Khan and his brother Anib said nothing to the police when interviewed.

He said there was an irony in the case and they had distorted the truth.

“The ambush that was carried out was carried out by him and his brother. Why did any of this happen? Anib Khan still claims not to know what the argument was between his brother and Taimoor Zaheer.

“That is where the violence comes from, Harras Khan.

“This was a turf war - a drugs lord and his extremely violent brother were not going to have Taimoor have anything to do with selling drugs on their doorstep anymore.”

Mr Khalil told the court: “This case is about the killing of Taimoor Zaheer.

"It was probably linked to some sort of drugs turf war and was carried out by the two brothers who were angry and determined to show who was in charge.

"It was carried out in the form of a public execution. The two brothers set a trap and they lured Mr Zaheer into it and then shot him in the face.”

He said the victim began to have some sort of disagreement with the Khan brothers last spring which was likely to be related to drug dealing in the Handsworth area.

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Mr Khalil said Mr Zaheer had a girlfriend and that she had become a target of the brothers who had followed her in a car.

“No doubt they wanted to give a message of threat through to Taimoor Zaheer,” he said.

Mr Khalil said that on May 22 the brothers had come out of their home and as they did Mr Zaheer had driven past in a Vauxhall Vectra and there had been a “shouted exchange between them.”

A little later, just before 5pm, the victim drove into Maxwell Avenue in Handsworth, and found his route blocked by the defendant’s Audi Estate.

Harras Khan, he said, leaned into a Citroen Berlingo and took out a double-barrelled shotgun which he then passed to his brother.

They then went over to Mr Zaheer who was sitting in the driver seat of the Vectra and had two passengers and there was another exchange between them, the prosecutor said.

Mr Khalil said Anib Khan was pointing the gun towards the victim who did not seem worried and was saying, “Go on then.”

He said Harras Khan told his brother to “Blast him with it” and continued: “Then immediately Anib Khan pulled the trigger and shot Taimoor in the face.

"He had no opportunity to avoid what happened and he died immediately.”