A MAN stabbed to death over drugs traded on his brother’s terrorist reputations to bolster his own notoriety, a court heard.

Abdul Deghayes was killed by Daniel Macleod during a struggle outside Hanover Court in Elm Grove in February.

The 22-year-old suffered eight stab wounds in what prosecutors described as a “short, but vicious” attack in “revenge” over a perceived robbery.

A jury at Hove Crown Court is still considering whether Daniel Macleod, 37, is guilty of murder. Macleod denies the charge.

He claimed he had acted in self defence after Mr Deghayes tried to rob him.

His defence team, led by barrister Edward Henry QC, showed the jury shocking images and videos of Mr Deghayes, whose brothers Abdullah and Jaffar both died in Syria as Islamist fighters as teenagers in recent years.

Mr Henry showed the jury a picture of a man posing with a 35cm long machete, with a profile name listed as A1.

A caption on the image read: “I got hitters that would kill ur mum rude boi.”

Mr Henry said it was clearly an intimidating message from A1, saying A1 is Abdul Deghayes and that he is a “drug enforcer”. A 35cm machete was later found in Mr Deghayes’ bedroom.

Mr Henry said: “That image which appears on the screen is tragic in that it has become part of our daily lives that we see in the newspapers and social media.

“It conjures up another barbaric context about what has been happening thousands of miles away in Syria.

“Abdul Deghayes was trading on that reputation, leveraging it.

“He may not have gone there, but the power of that image is strikingly similar to other images we have seen.”

Mr Henry said Mr Deghayes had been involved in violence, and had gone into hospital just weeks before he died from his injuries.

He said Mr Deghayes was under investigation for drug dealing, where officers raided an address and found baseball bats and a debt book.

Mr Henry said: “You would not want to be in debt to that young man, would you?”

He showed the jury a shocking “punishment” video, where Abdul Deghayes allegedly abused one of his drugs runners.

Mr Henry said: “Abdul Deghayes is an enforcer. He displays a sudden, violent temper, he was being arrogant, domineering, and bullying.

“That was how he was treating one of his friends, a runner who was not his enemy.

“All that humiliation, hitting him, slapping him, shouting at him, swearing at him.”

It was revealed that Macleod, of Gypsy Road, Lambeth, was warned of a £10,000 bounty on his head in prison.

He was attacked in prison, it was revealed, and Macleod said Mr Deghayes was in a gang of men he described as “Muslim brothers” who “steal drugs, deal drugs, and take drugs”.

“When I found out who had died I s*** myself,” he said.

“Nobody wants to get into a fight with Abdul Deghayes, he is notorious and has his brothers and wider network, his family.”