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Abdul Hai is a former ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]) member of [[Camden London Borough Council|Camden Council]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Osley |first1=Richard |title=Cabinet member Abdul Hai to step down from council |url=https://www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/cabinet-member-abdul-hai-to-step-down-from-council |website=Islington Tribute |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref> He has a Bangladeshi Muslim family background.<ref name="topping">{{cite web |last1=Topping |first1=Alexandra |title=‘I need to own my narrative’: man cleared of racist murder in 1995 on years of abuse |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/30/man-acquitted-racist-murder-1995-abuse-abdul-hai |website=The Guardian |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref> At age 19, he was acquitted of the [[murder of Richard Everitt]], a white boy who was stabbed to death by a gang of [[Bengalis]]<ref name=echr>{{cite web |url=https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/docx/pdf?library=ECHR&id=001-4349&filename=MIAH%20v.%20THE%20UNITED%20KINGDOM.pdf&logEvent=False |title=Miah v. The United Kingdom |website=European Court of Human Rights}}</ref><ref name=prospect>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Rosemary |title=A death in the ghetto |url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/adeathintheghetto |access-date=27 May 2020 |work=[[Prospect (magazine)|Prospect]] |date=20 July 1997}}</ref>. He is currently a director at LabTech, a company that owns and manages real estate in [[Camden Town|Camden]], including [[Camden Market]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About Me |url=https://www.abdulhai.co.uk/#about |website=Abdul Hai For Labour |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="topping"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Camden Market |url=https://labsgroup.com/portfolio/camden-market/ |website=LabTech |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref>
==Murder charge, acquittal, and aftermath==
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