When they arrived at the meeting house, Miran Thakrar was carrying a submachine gun and shot dead three men and a dog, whilst the drug dealer escaped into the garden.
When the brothers stood trial at St Albans Crown Court, hearsay evidence was presented from three witnesses interviewed in Northern Cyprus who claimed that Miran had confessed to them.
He was sentenced two months later at Southwark Crown Court by Mr Justice Cooke and received a term of life imprisonment with a minimum of 35 years.
In 2010, he engaged three prison officers with a broken bottle of hot pepper sauce in self defence as he was expecting to be attacked;[8] as a result, he was moved to the Close Supervision Centre (CSC) at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes.
[9][10] This restrictive regime involves solitary confinement, one permitted hour of recreation per day and two 30 minute visits per month.
He said he had been the victim of a racist bullying campaign by the officers and had acted in self-defence; a psychologist told the court he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
[20] Kevan remains held within CSCs as of 2025, and has been awaiting judgement on the judicial review for unlawful solitary confinement since the final hearing of April 2023.
He has been held in isolation for longer than any other currently detained prisoner in the UK, even achieving a total of 1300 consecutive days while awaiting a verdict for this judgement.