A widow has described how she is still haunted by four words after a thug brutally murdered a loving father-of-four.
Fidaa Abu Sammour described how police told her husband Mohammed had been killed by Scott Pearson after being dragged from his van and run over.
Heartbroken Fidaa said: "He told me they had found a dead body and a burned van. Dead body, burned van – those words told me everything.
"My husband was dead and it was not a normal death. It was such a terrible shock."
Mohammed, 49, had been killed by violent 22-year-old Pearson during what should have been a routine shift as a security guard supervisor.
The vicious attack took place at a Taylor Wimpey building site in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on October 28 last year.
The court heard that Pearson, his co-accused Ryan Hunter, 28, who admitted culpable homicide before the start of the trial, and an 18-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, walked through the building site as a shortcut.
They saw Mohammed's Osprey works van and planned to steal it, reports the Daily Record.
What they did not realise was that Mohammed was inside the van and he sprang out and tried to chase them away.
However, he was hit first by the 18-year-old and then by Pearson, who was found guilty of murder on Wednesday.
Both, the court heard, were wearing knuckledusters.
Mohammed, who had lived in Scotland for 17 years, was stamped on and knocked to the ground unconscious by Pearson and left partially scalped.
He died from chest, head and pelvic wounds.
Fidaa, 40, said: “Mohammed was a quiet and friendly man and he always talked so positively about Scotland.
“I did not think that such a man could be murdered in this country.
“I loved him, absolutely. He was everything to me. He was my family, my husband, the friend I turned to day and night. He was my Google , my fixer, the person I phoned if I was lost, my interpreter when I couldn’t find an English word.
“He really was everything. Every day is a challenge without him.”
She said: “I knew that he was a good man who would do his best to give me a good life and make me happy. There was always such a kindness to him.”
They married in 2006 and Fidaa , a computer scientist, gave up her job in Jordan to join him in Scotland. He assured her it was a welcoming country.
Mohammed immersed himself in the community, was kind and generous with his time, taking friends’ children to play football and helping anyone who needed him. The couple had four boys, now aged 11, nine, seven and two, who all adored their father.
Fidaa said: “He always helped me as a husband. We discussed and worked things through together. He was a great father and the children loved him so much.
"He would pack us all in the car and take us out for the day, we would go to the park and he would barbecue. He loved that.”
Mohammed worked for security firm Osprey and was a conscientious employee.
His last shift was for 12 hours, a Saturday into Sunday, and he left home about 4pm after he and Fidaa shared some food together.
As usual, before he left, Fidaa told him: “God be with you.”
At her request, Mohammed stopped off to check on the boys playing in a nearby park and he called Fidaa to say he had told them not to be late for dinner. It was the last time she would speak to him.
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