Lorenzo Cantaragiu convicted of impeding prosecution after Mahamud Ilyas was beaten to death

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Mahamud Ilyas was beaten to death, and a jury later convicted Lorenzo Cantaragiu of four counts of impeding the apprehension or prosecution of Viorel Doroscan and Otniel Richardo Clejan.

The prosecution alleged Cantaragiu drove the two men and Ilyas to Belgree Lane, where Ilyas’s body was left, and later cleaned blood from the car before selling it. Cantaragiu, 22, walked free from court on 30 July 2025 after a warning that further criminal behaviour could lead to up to four years in prison.