THE first picture of the teenager who murdered 19-year-old Kian Tordoff has been released.

Sheryar Khan, 17, of Yew Tree Avenue was found guilty of Mr Tordoff's murder at Bradford Crown Court yesterday, as the jury came to the end of their fifth day of deliberations.

He was also found guilty of the wounding with intent of Matthew Page, known as Matthew Lowther.

Both were unanimous decisions.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Sheryar Khan, 17, of Yew Tree Avenue. Picture: West Yorkshire PoliceSheryar Khan, 17, of Yew Tree Avenue. Picture: West Yorkshire Police

Arbaz Khan, 22, of Yew Tree Avenue, Sheryar’s older brother, and Mohammed Adil Hussain, 18, of Kite Mews in the Lower Grange area, Arbaz's friend, were both found guilty of the manslaughter of Kian Tordoff and guilty of the unlawful wounding of Matthew Lowther.

Aizaz Khan, 27, of Yew Tree Avenue, Sheryar and Arbaz’s older brother, Amaad Shakiel, 20, of Leaventhorpe Lane and Adam Qayum, 23, of Avenel Road, Allerton were acquitted of murder and attempted murder.

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Mr Tordoff and Mr Lowther had been out at the Village nightclub in Sackville Street when a large-scale brawl erupted at the top on Westgate, at around 5.15am on October 10 last year.

This involved Sheryar Khan's older brother, Arbaz Khan - another defendant in the trial - and a man called Abdullah, known as "Chaser".

Arbaz Khan said he went over to try talk to Chaser because he had been having issues with Sheryar.

But CCTV showed Chaser punching Arbaz in the face twice, before the fight began and more people joined in.

Both Mr Tordoff and Mr Lowther were involved, with the latter kicking a white Seat Leon Arbaz Khan, Amaad Shakiel, Adam Qayum, Mohammed Adil Hussain and Hussain's uncle, "Uncle P", were trying to flee in, while Mr Tordoff smashed the windscreen with a bottle.

Just half-an-hour later, those four named men returned to Bradford city centre with the killer teenager - who was 16 at the time - and Aizaz Khan, who was driving a white BMW X5 the men were in.

The vehicle picked up a mobile phone - which Arbaz Khan had dropped during his fight - on John Street from Reanna Dacres, who had picked it up earlier and contacted Sheryar Khan to arrange collecting it.

Aizaz Khan, Shakiel and Qayum thought this was the sole purpose of the trip – despite Shakiel spotting two knives near Arbaz Khan as they got close to the city centre – and Qayum also stated he just wanted a lift home.

But after Ms Dacres handed the phone over, the car slowly moved a few more yards before Sheryar Khan flew out of the front passenger seat wielding two blades while the car was still moving and Arbaz Khan was close behind from the back, armed with a machete.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: The police scene where Kian Tordoff died from stab woundsThe police scene where Kian Tordoff died from stab wounds

Witnesses who were part of the group on John Street said the windows of the BMW were down and they heard “do you think you're f**king clever now” from inside.

Hussain - who the prosecution say was armed with a knife - and Qayum also got out, but the latter did not have a weapon.

Shakiel and Aizaz Khan stayed in the car initially, parking up on Piccadilly, a few streets away.

Less than 30 seconds after leaving the vehicle, Mr Tordoff had been fatally stabbed.

Sheryar Khan has been able to be identified - by both name and now in image - after the Telegraph & Argus successfully challenged a reporting restriction made under Section 45 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence 1999, that can be put in place to prevent the identification of someone under the age of 18 involved in a Crown Court trial.

This was put in place on October 14 last year, when Khan’s case was sent to trial.

The grounds for the T&A’s application were the seriousness of the crime, the prevalence of knife crime, particularly among young people, and how crucial details in terms of the relationships within the trial had to be omitted due to the restriction.

His Honour Judge Richard Mansell QC spoke to the court after the verdicts yesterday were returned to remove this order, quoting the email and agreeing with the points made.

This included major public interest in this acting as a deterrent for knife crime, particularly young people arming themselves with big knives and taking the law into their own hands.

He said he balanced this against the welfare of Sheryar Khan and also considered his mental health.

The 17-year-old old admitted to killing Mr Tordoff and inflicting the life-threatening wound on Mr Lowther, but he pleaded guilty to manslaughter, rather than murder, on grounds of “diminished responsibility” at the start of the trial.

This was on account of his mental health at the time, claiming he was hearing the voice of a London man who would make him do negative things – he said it told him to “do it, f**king do it” moments before the stabbing.

Two psychiatrists – one for the prosecution and one for the defence – agreed the teenager suffered from psychosis but the jury have decided this did not contribute significantly to the killing.

Judge Mansell also said: "In my view, the defendant sought to hide behind his mental disorder in this trial and was not being truthful when he told psychiatrists that voices in his head commanded him to take up a knife before leaving his home, and then commanded him to stab Kian Tordoff moments before he did so."

Sheryar Khan, Arbaz Khan and Hussain will be sentenced this morning.

Aizaz Khan and Qayum have been released, while Shakiel has been remanded unconditional on bail other matters.