A GANG of killers who ran down a young Southampton father in a car before repeatedly stabbing him have been jailed.

Luciano Dos Santos Almeida died in hospital following a 'savage' attack.

A trial at Oxford Crown Court two found his killers – Michael Yemane, 20, and Welid Solomon, 26, both from Oxford – guilty of murder.

Oxfordshire man, Safeen Karimi, 28, was cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter.

During the trial, which began in September, jurors were told that the killing began just before 11.20pm on February 27.

An earlier fight between the victim Almeida, Yemane and Solomon was the catalyst which led to them leaving for reinforcements in a bid to 'mete out some retribution'.

They were joined by Safeen Karimi and after waiting for Mr Almeida on the corner of an Oxford street Mr Almeida passed the pair.

CCTV footage played to the court showed Solomon ploughing his Kia Picanto directly into Mr Almeida.

Seconds later the 22-year-old father to a young daughter was chased by two of the defendants on foot who stabbed him multiple times.

Mr Almeida later died in hospital from his injuries.

On Monday, Solomon and Yemane were handed life sentences for the killing.

Yemane was jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years, while Solomon was given a minimum term of 26 years.

Solomon was also jailed for four years, to run concurrently, for perverting the course of justice in setting his car on fire after the incident.

Sentencing, Judge Ian Pringle QC called the attack 'savage' and said both Solomon and Yemane went to the scene armed with knives.

He said the men 'engineered a trap' for Mr Almeida who they saw 'as a threat to [their] drug-dealing territory.'

A fourth man – who defended himself from the witness box during the eight-week-long trial – Sasan Khalid, 19, of no fixed abode, was roundly cleared of any wrong-doing.

The public gallery at Oxford Crown Court was packed this morning as three men convicted of killing Luciano Dos Santos Almeida were sentenced.