MURDER victim Mokhler Mostafa leaves an off licence with a deadly cocktail -- his quick-tempered friend and a bag full of beer.

Just hours later in a drunken frenzy, Farhan Samsuddin Hamad , 20, stabbed Mr Mostafa, 26, to death with a kitchen knife in Infirmary Street, Blackburn.

Today Home Secretary David Blunkett was facing calls to reveal the results of an inquiry launched after the death -- amid worries about the lack of controls on asylum seekers travelling in the UK.

Yesterday a jury at Preston Crown Court unanimously found Hamad guilty of murder after six hours and 43 minutes' deliberating.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment and told by Judge Peter Openshaw QC to expect deportation once he had served his time.

No one but Hamad knows what the argument that made him brutally turn on his friend was about.

But it is believed that a combination of his violent temper, eight cans of Stella Artois and two bottles of Budweiser bought from Moseley Street off licence at around 6pm on January 19 were major factors.

Concern was raised in the days after Mr Mostafa's death on January 19 that he was supposed to be living in Warrington but ended up being murdered on a Blackburn street.

There are no restrictions on the travel of asylum seekers and figures show 15 per cent of asylum seekers placed in East Lancashire went missing last year.

Ten days after Mr Mostafa's death, police launched an unconnected murder inquiry after the body of 17-year-old traveller Eamonn McDonagh was discovered behind the Moorings pub, in nearby Bolton Road.

Immediately, the council and police launched a campaign of support and information to reassure the area's residents.

Public meetings were held - one addressed by Blackburn MP Jack Straw - and talks were held with prominent members of the local asylum community.

Today Darwen and Rossendale MP Janet Anderson also urged the Home Office to publish the report of its investigation.

She said: "It's worrying that the Home Office don't seem to keep track of these asylum seekers. After what happened it is right that the Home Office conducted an investigation.

"They need to publish the result of that investigation and review procedures."

Ribble Valley MP and Tory Shadow Cabinet member Nigel Evans said: "It's absurd the Home Office should hold an investigation into this tragic incident and then refuse to publish the result."

A Home Office spokesman said: "This is a matter between Mr Blunkett and Mr Straw. The results of the investigation will be communicated privately by letter between the two. It is a Parliamentary matter."

The court had been told that Infirmary was a notorious area, but Brian Booth, chairman of the Infirmary Community Association, today said: "With the murder it was shock more than anything. By and large asylum seekers are very quiet.

"The problem in the area is the fact that it has gone down to rock bottom over the last ten years because there has been no investment."

Hamad, an Infirmary Street resident at the time of the attack, claimed throughout the five-day trial that two white men had killed Mr Mostafa, who was visiting him from Warrington.

However, after the guilty verdict was announced, the court was told Hamad had a previous conviction in July 2002 for possessing a blade.

Detective Inspector Jim Elston, who investigated the case, added: "Mr Mostafa was a legal resident in this country. He was a human being who has lost his life in a violent way."