Murder-accused told dead man's mum 'keep your son in check'

A man accused of murdering his 24-year-old boyfriend told the mother of his alleged victim to "keep your son in check", a jury heard.

After the trial of Imran Uddin heard last week he was controlling of partner Ismail Younis, the proceedings resumed at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday, where the jury was played recordings of conversations recovered from Uddin's phone.

In the audio, Uddin repeatedly criticised Younis and defended taking his possessions during arguments, with Younis's mother Nadia heard to plead with Uddin to return her son's cap.

The 33-year-old denies murdering Younis, who was found dead at an address on Richmond Road in Hockley, Birmingham, on 20 August last year.

"I'll come over to get the cap," Nadia Younis was heard saying in one excerpt, "and it will be done with... I don't want anymore drama... just give me the cap and it's done.

"I just want peace please," she continued.

The court previously heard that Younis was attached to certain items of clothing and would "spiral" if he did not have them in his possession, a trait his mother attributed to his OCD and autism, with which he had been formally diagnosed.

Uddin, the jury heard, refused to return the cap, saying Younis had not learnt his lesson and urged his mother to address his behaviour after the pair got into a dispute.

"I took his cap to prove a point that your son looks up to material things," the recording continued.

"I'm not going to hand over the cap because he hasn't learnt his lesson.

"There won't be any chaos… if he acts accordingly... He is always scheming and plotting."

The defendant accused Nadia Younis of "enabling" her son's behaviour and claimed "you might as well give him a knife and you'll make excuses for him…murderers don't become murderers overnight".

The audio continued: "You need to have these conversations with your son…he knows the wrongs but still carries on.

"Keep your son in check because the next person will do worse and deep down I think he knows it.

"[Whoever he is with] after me, we don't know what they're capable of or who they are."

The court case - three days into proceedings - is yet to hear details of Younis's cause of death.

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