[1][2] After earning his undergraduate degree in 1990 at Kingston University in London, he studied for the bar at the Inns of Court.
[4] In Mahmood's first novel, You Don't Know Me, a young man on trial for murder urgently tells his story to a jury.
The Guardian listed it as one of the best crime novels of 2017, calling it "an original take on a courtroom drama that puts the reader in the position of the jury ... a gripping, vivid depiction of London’s gang culture with an authentic feel.
[8] The four-part series began airing in December 2021, with lead roles played by Samuel Adewunmi and Bukky Bakray.
[2][10] Its narrator, formerly a wealthy banker, meets scepticism when police cannot confirm his account of witnessing murder.