Overview
- Snaresbrook Crown Court sentenced the group on January 23, 2026, after unanimous guilty verdicts returned in October 2025.
- Ronnie Hill received 24 years, Kennedy Senga 21 years, Esmaela Seidi 18½ years, and a 16‑year‑old 14½ years for the attack; Abdul Ahmed was jailed for 2½ years for assisting an offender.
- The brothers were ambushed in Thorne Close, Canning Town, on October 26, 2024, with CCTV capturing seven shots after two men exited a stolen Audi.
- One victim was shot through the hand and his brother was shot in the back, leaving him paralysed down one side of his lower body.
- Detectives used CCTV, DNA from a balaclava, and five 9mm Makarov casings to identify the attackers, later arresting Hill in March 2025 after finding him hiding in a divan bed and seizing a loaded handgun, an imitation firearm, and ammunition.