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Old Bailey Convicts Jahmel Joseph of Murder in Hammersmith Wake Shooting

Jurors rejected his schizophrenia-based defence after about nine hours of deliberation.

Overview

  • Joseph, convicted Wednesday at the Old Bailey, was found guilty of murder and attempted murder and was remanded for sentencing.
  • Prosecutors said he shot his cousin Jordan Rodney in the eye and wounded his brother Omar Joseph during a family wake in Hammersmith on June 11, 2025.
  • After the attack, he drove to Beaconsfield Services for coffee, returned home before dawn, and lit a bonfire in his garden.
  • Police spotted his Mercedes in Isleworth early June 12, then a chase damaged about 20 vehicles before a head-on crash and his arrest after he fled through gardens.
  • Officers recovered a black bag discarded in the chase that held a sawn-off shotgun with DNA on the trigger matching Joseph, supporting counts for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.