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Shota Mekoshvili, 32, is charged with murder in the death of Mahomed Kamal, 47, who was stabbed to death in his cab on Doolittle Road, a quiet cul-de-sac off Long Ridge Road.
Prosecutors said Mekoshvili stabbed Kamal during a robbery gone wrong, which accounted for the enough stab wounds to kill the victim in three different ways, the Advocate said.
But Mekoshvili testified that he was fending off a sexual advance from the cab driver when the bloody struggle occurred, according to the Advocate. He also said he wrestled a knife away from Kamal and feared for his life, the Advocate said.
Residents of the quiet neighborhood were shocked by the discovery of the cab driver's dead body outside a home, where he had staggered as the attack continued outside the cab, police said. The cab was found a short distance away in a wooded area.
Kamal, well known among his fellow Bangledeshi immigrants in the city, had immigrated to the United States about 15 years earlier.
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