OVER four years after Mohammed Shah Subhani was first reported missing, his former friend has now been found guilty of his murder.

Shah was first reported missing in May 2019 before his body was sadly found six months later badly decomposed and burnt  in woodland in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.

Yesterday (July 27), Amraj Poonia, 27, aka Bigs, was found guilty of murder.

Mohanad Riad, 23, known as Emz, and Mahamud Ismail, 26, aka Skinny and Major, were found guilty of perverting the course of justice.

The court was told that Mr Subhani was killed at the Poonia business after falling out over a kilo of cannabis that went missing after it was given Poonia for safe-keeping.

The timeline from missing to verdicts is as follow:

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May 7, 2019

Mohammed Shah Subhani, 27, also known as Shah and Little Man, was reported missing shortly before midnight by his family after he failed to return to his home in Hounslow, west London. He was last seen alive visiting R&J Plumbing in Hounslow, west London.

Police said information ‘suggests [he] was in debt’ and he had attended Acton Police Station between 1.47pm and 2.31pm in the hope of collecting £4,800 from ‘a matter that was not proceeded with’.

Detectives believe he then had a meeting at a business on an industrial site in Derby Road, Hounslow, where he met an associate who owed him £5,000, which is thought to have been paid.

He had two phones which connected to the network at 3.55pm and 9.04pm and the later call was still within the Hounslow area

Police also appealed to find Mr Subhani's white Audi Q3, registration LC67 CXS, which had not been found.

June 2019

The car was found with ballistic damage and the murder investigation was launched.

July 8, 2019

Two men were arrested and held on suspicion of murder, kidnap/abduction, and perverting the course of justice.

The pair, aged 22 and 25, were in custody.

A 23-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice was previously released under investigation.

A £20,000 reward has been offered for help to find Mr Subhani and prosecute those responsible for his disappearance.

August 2019

The first child of Mr Subhani was due to be born.

November, 2019

An unnamed individual walked into a police station, admitted taking part in the disposal of Mr Subhani’s body and named his killer.

December 12, 2019

Acting on information, an area in Hedgerley Lane near Gerrards Cross is searched.

December 19, 2019

Mr Subhani’s body was found near Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire, about 15 miles from his home.

Seven men and one woman have been arrested at this point in connection with the death of Mr Subhani.

January 7, 2020

Shah’s broken family visited the remote scene where his body was found in December to lay flowers, pray, and urge anyone with information about his death to come forward.

June 14, 2022

Brothers Amraj Poonia, 26, and Raneel Poonia, 25, along with Gurditta Singh, 25, were charged with his murder and perverting the course of justice.

The three men appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from Wandsworth prison. Judge Mark Dennis QC set a timetable for the case with a plea hearing on September 16 and a trial of up to 12 weeks from April 11, 2023.

April 19, 2023

The trial starts at the Old Bailey. Brothers Amraj Poonia, 27, aka Bigs of Farmfield Drive, Horley, and Raneel Poonia, 25, aka Ace of Whitehouse Way, Slough, and Gurditta Singh, 26, of Moreland Avenue, Slough, were on trial at the Old Bailey accused of murder and perverting the course of justice.

Mohanad Riad, 22, known as Emz, Mahamud Ismail, 26, known as Major or Skinny, and Mohammed Shakeel, 29, were charged with perverting the course of justice.

The court heard he was allegedly killed, burned and buried in a shallow grave in woods in a 'grim case' likened to a Hollywood film.

July 27, 2023

Following a trial at the Old Bailey, Amraj Poonia, 27, aka Bigs, was found guilty of murder.

His brother Raneel Poonia, 26, aka Ace, and Gurditta Singh, also 26, were cleared of the offence.

Riad, 23, known as Emz, and Mahamud Ismail, 26, aka Skinny and Major, were found guilty of perverting the course of justice.

Another defendant, serving prisoner Mohammed Shakeel, 29, was cleared of that charge.

The court was told that Mr Subhani was killed at the Poonia business after falling out over a kilo of cannabis that went missing after it was given Amraj Poonia for safe-keeping.

Associate Mohanad Riad had recruited two local drug dealers to help stage a fake theft but suspicions erupted into incidents of violence in the weeks before the killing, jurors heard.

After entering the R&J Plumbing in Hounslow, west London, he was killed and his body rolled up in a carpet to be transported to woodland where it was burnt and buried.

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The defendants are remanded into custody to be sentenced on a later date.