Gangster-turned-guardian angel

Mubarak Muhamud at his Clime-it shop in London's Camden High Street with colleagues  PHOTOS; SHAMLAL PURI AND COURTESY

Kenya: Drugs, violence, gang-warfare and intimidation – Mubarak Mohamud has seen it all. He has sailed very close to the wind, cheating death several times. At one time, the word ‘fear’ simply did not exist in this former underworld don’s dictionary.

The 26-year-old Nairobi-born Somali, popularly known as ‘Mo’, was no stranger to the London police in his younger days. He was a regular visitor to his local police station in Camden Town, north London.