A Bradford University student was tortured and murdered when two brutal robbers tricked their way into his home, a jury heard.

Siu Tung Ho, 19, was stabbed 13 times and had his throat slashed before his bank account was plundered, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday.

His sister was struck on the head with a bottle and tied to a chair in a dark cellar area and her boyfriend was stabbed and bound, it is alleged.

The Crown’s case is that Reaben Kareem, an Iraqi Kurd, planned the robbery because he had run up gambling debts and was desperate for money.

His accomplice, Jwanru Osman, from Kurdistan, told police the crime was based on the horror film Hostel.

Kareem, 20, of Coal Pool, Walsall, West Midlands, sat in the dock with his head in his hands as the case was opened to the jury.

Osman, 20, of Northolt, Middlesex, had his arms folded.

Prosecutor Paul Greaney QC said Siu Tung Ho, known as Tony, was studying chemistry and forensic science at the university.

He lived with his sister – pharmacy student Siu Luen Ho, 22, known as Sally – in student accommodation in Grantham Road, Great Horton, Bradford. Tony and Sally were born to parents from Hong Kong and privately educated in England.

The jury heard they received “substantial financial support” from their family and had access to funds.

Also living in the terraced house was Sally’s boyfriend, law student Gavin Stolarczyk, 30.

All three were at home at about 1pm on Friday, January 22, when Kareem knocked on the door.

Mr Greaney said: “His purpose was to rob at any cost.”

The jury was told that Kareem struck Sally on the head with a vodka bottle.

After she fell to the floor she saw Osman holding what was probably a wheel brace.

Kareen kissed Sally on the forehead and told her he wanted money.

She was lashed to a chair with electrical cord and her mouth was taped up.

Gavin was stabbed in his left side and tied up.

Mr Greaney said Tony died in his sister’s bedroom from multiple stab wounds.

He was knifed seven times to the body and six to the arms. Five wounds completely pierced through his limbs.

He was left under a Mickey Mouse duvet in the blood-soaked room.

Mr Greaney alleges he was tortured to reveal his bank details before his throat was slashed.

The sum of £1,600 was transferred from his account to Kareem’s.

It is alleged Kareem tried to take almost £4,000 from Sally’s account but failed.

He told her to blame “local Pakistani men” for the crimes, the jury was told.

Gavin and Sally were forced to take sleeping pills before their attackers fled the area.

Sally found her brother’s body. He was bound to her bed and had a wire round his neck.

Sally and Gavin were treated at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Sally had facial injuries and ligature marks on her wrists and ankles. Gavin suffered a knife wound to his left side that passed close to major organs.

Kareem and Osman went to London, calling for Kareem’s passport on the way.

Both later handed themselves in to the police.

Osman allegedly told an officer: “I just can’t get it all out of my head. I can see his face. He was screaming for his life.

“He planned all of this. He based it on the film Hostel.

“He was so calm. He planned everything. He was just slashing him with the knife so calmly.”

Mr Greaney said that three days before the crimes Kareem enquired about a flight to Erbil in Iraq for January 27.

The jury heard that the men blamed one another.

“This is not a case of ‘whodunit’. It is a case of ‘they did it’,” Mr Greaney said.

He alleged Kareen was holding a machete and he and Osman both had knives.

Kareem denies murder but admits conspiracy to rob and wounding Sally and Gavin with intent to cause them grievous bodily harm.

Osman admits conspiracy to rob but denies murder and both charges of intending to cause grievous bodily harm.

He told police he went to the students’ house with Kareem for a cup of tea and was caught up in the violence.

The trial continues.