Saabir Mohamed, aged 26, shot a man at a Farmfoods car park in Smethwick out of retaliation for stabbing

A ‘dangerous’ gunman who shot a man in a supermarket car park in a revenge attack has a bounty on his head and is confined to his prison cell.

Saabir Mohamed fired a shotgun at a rival group at Farmfoods in Cape Hill, Smethwick, in the early hours of October 23, 2023.

He was jailed for more than 16 years at Birmingham Crown Court, which heard there was now a threat to the 26-year-old’s life at HMP Birmingham.

His barrister Ben Williams said: “During his time in custody he has become aware there’s a bounty on his head and, as a result of that threat to his life, he has been restricted in his movements and ability to attend work and education.

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“He has applied himself the best he can while living in a restricted situation to reading in his cell and self-educating.”

The court heard Mohamed was born in Somalia where he experienced ‘physical punishment as chastisement’ as well as exposure to guns and widespread violence.

His mother left his home when he was five and a few years later his older brother was killed in a terrorist attack.

Mohamed came to the UK with his father who had claimed asylum.

He struggled at school and completed his education at a centre for excluded pupils without any GCSEs.

The court was told he obtained practical trade qualifications at college before being ‘drawn into drug dealing as a means of making better money’, said Mr Williams.

The barrister described Mohamed as ‘articulate and intelligent’ before adding: “It is a tragedy a man who has so much potential due to circumstances and bad decisions has ended up in this position.

“He is plainly a young man with real potential who once in a position to channel his ability appropriately, hopefully in a more settled custodial environment – removed from the threats that trouble him – there is a possibility and strong likelihood of him coming out of custody a better man. A man with prospects.”

Mohamed had been driven to the Farmfoods car park in a stolen Ford Kuga by accomplice Tyjon Cogger, whose friend had been stabbed around 24 hours earlier.

But when the knife victim was taken to City Hospital by friends and family a rival group turned up with baseball bats to attack them.

Police were already at the scene and the hospital was placed into lockdown.

One of the men in the attacking group was subsequently shot in the leg by Mohamed at the supermarket car park but his injuries were not life-threatening.

Two months later on December 6, 2023, police arrested Cogger and Mohamed at Hagley Hotel in Birmingham.

They seized hundreds of pounds of heroin and crack cocaine from their room as well as mobile phones, scales and more than £1,500 in cash.

There were also keys to a stolen Jaguar XF parked outside on false plates.

Following a trial both men were cleared of attempted murder but found guilty of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

They admitted two counts of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply while Mohamed also confessed to handling stolen goods.

Judge Andrew Smith KC, passing sentence on Thursday, February 13, concluded the motive for the shooting had been ‘revenge’ as he ruled both men were ‘dangerous’ offenders, as defined by law.

Cogger, 23, of Church Avenue, Dudley, was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison with an extended licence period of four years for the shooting as well as an additional 12 months for the drugs offences to be served consecutively.

That is also to be served consecutive to a four year and ninth month term he received in 2024 for conspiracy to steal cars and affray.

Mohamed, 26, of Thomas Crescent, Smethwick, was sentenced to 15 years in jail with an extended licence of four years for the firearm offence and an additional one year and eight months for the drugs offences to be served consecutively.