Man ‘murdered 60-year-old retiree, moved his family into victim’s home, redecorated it and drained his pension and life savings’

By JADA BAS, REPORTER 19:41 14 Oct 2026, updated 19:43 14 Oct 2026

A retiree was murdered by a man who then moved his family into the victim’s home, took his life savings, pension and renovated his home, a court has heard.

Ibrahim Yosif, 44, is accused of killing Gary Piatek, 60, who disappeared on April 18 2024 after he went drinking in Leicester.

Leicester Crown Court heard Yosif and his relatives drained the man’s bank accounts ‘because they were confident that Gary would never say a thing’.

The victim lived an ‘unassuming life’ in Broad Avenue in the Evington area of Leicester, where he had lived for most of his life, jurors were told.

Prosecutor Harpreet Sandhu KC said: ‘By April of 2024, he had in effect retired and he was paid a pension which was more than adequate to meet his modest lifestyle.

‘Gary Piatek would have continued living perfectly happily in that way, save for what happened on the 18th of April of 2024.

‘On the 18th of April 2024, Gary Piatek did what he did ordinarily. He left his home, he travelled by bus towards Leicester and he went to a couple of pubs.

‘However, the 18th of April of 2024 was not an ordinary day. That evening, Gary Piatek went missing. He has not been seen since, he has not been heard from.

‘The prosecution’s case is that there has been neither sight nor sound of Gary Piatek because he was murdered.’

Mr Sandhu said that ‘within days of his disappearance’, Yosif began renovating the house and ‘completely transformed’ it for his family.

The prosecutor said: ‘Within weeks or months, Ibrahim Yosif had moved into (the house on) Broad Avenue with his wife Dilan Rabati.

‘He had also moved into Gary Piatek’s home with his sister-in-law Dalya Rabati and also moving into that house was Dalya Rabati’s then husband, Ahmed Nabla.

‘They moved into Gary Piatek’s house and together they began to drain Gary Piatek’s bank accounts of Gary Piatek’s money.

‘They also began to drain Gary Piatek’s pension fund of Gary Piatek’s pension.’

The court heard Yosif, Dalya Rabati and another man called Nazem Kakamando created a false tenancy agreement for the house ‘to give the impression’ that Yosif was renting it from Mr Piatek.

Mr Sandhu told the court: ‘These defendants were able to renovate Gary Piatek’s home, they were able to live in it and they were able to drain Gary Piatek’s bank accounts and pension fund because they were confident that Gary Piatek would never say a thing about what they were up to.

‘That’s because after the 18th of April of 2024, he was no longer alive.

‘Ibrahim Yosif and Omed Firuzmand were, says the prosecution, responsible for murdering Gary Piatek.

‘Following that murder, Mabast Khalid and Diar Muhammedy assisted Ibrahim Yosif and Omed Firuzmand, and they did that by providing Omed Firuzmand with accommodation and by washing items.’

Omed Firuzmand, 25, is also charged with murder while six other defendants also face charges relating to the man’s disappearance.

Yosif and Firuzmand both deny murder and preventing a lawful burial.

Khalid, 22, and Muhammedy, 35, deny assisting an offender.

Yosif, Dilan Rabati, 35, Dalya Rabati, 30, and Nabla, 34, deny seven counts of fraud, which included taking money from Mr Piatek’s NatWest account, TSB accounts, his Legal and General pension account, MBNA credit card, NewDay credit card, and Debenhams credit card, the court heard.

Yosif, Dalya Rabati and Kakamando, 51, deny making articles to use in fraud, namely a tenancy agreement.

Kakamando denies a further charge of possessing criminal property, namely £148,750 in cash.

All eight defendants sat in the dock to hear the prosecution opening, assisted by two Kurdish Sorani interpreters.

The trial, which is expected to last eight weeks, continues.

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