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Old Bailey Hears Case in Church Drive-By Killing of Mother at Wake

Prosecutors told jurors the gunfire likely targeted a local rapper rather than those hit.

Overview

  • The trial opened for Tahjin Sommersall, Perry Allen-Thomas, Shaquille Sutherland and Amir Salem, who are charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder.
  • Prosecutors allege Sutherland and Allen-Thomas directed younger men to carry out the shooting, two other alleged participants are said to have fled to Dubai, and all four defendants deny involvement.
  • Jurors heard the shots came from a stolen black Kia on false plates that was later doused in petrol and set on fire.
  • The prosecution says the same firearm was used in two earlier shootings near Church Road in the months before the attack.
  • Michelle Sadio, 44, was pronounced dead at the scene, with Kenneth Amoah left paralysed below the waist and Kadeem Francis wounded in the foot.