Teenage pleads guilty to murdering Preston man
Hiwa Ali-Khani was stabbed to death in July
A 17-year-old boy, who we can't name for legal reasons, has pleaded guilty to murdering Hiwa Ali-Khani at Preston Crown Court.
He had earlier pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article.
Police were called around 6.25pm on July 8 this year to Raikes Road after a report of an assault.
Emergency services attended and found Mr Ali-Khani, 27, from Preston, with stab wounds to the chest.
He was treated by paramedics and taken to Royal Preston Hospital but sadly later died. A post mortem examination gave a cause of death as stab wounds.
Police made a number of arrests, launching a murder inquiry.
Following investigation, detectives discovered that Mr Ali-Khani had been waiting in his car, a blue Audi, when he was approached by the boy. During the confrontation Mr Ali-Khani was stabbed to the leg and chest and collapsed on the street.
It is believed the attacker had been intending to target another man, who was also sat in a car on Raikes Road, and Mr Ali-Khani was tragically murdered in a case of mistaken identity.
The boy was later charged with murder. Following his plea, he will be sentenced at Preston Crown Court on November 29.