Overview
- Renaldo Baptiste was convicted of murder on Thursday for arranging and supplying the gun used to kill Joanne Penney.
- Three other defendants were also convicted in the second trial: Molly Cooper for ammunition offences and Donna James and Laura John for assisting an offender.
- Five people had already been found guilty earlier in the case, including Marcus Huntley who admitted firing the single fatal shot at the Talbot Green flat.
- Police recovered a buried handgun and 16 matching rounds in Heritage Park and court evidence linked DNA on the ammunition strongly to Molly Cooper.
- Prosecutors told the court the killing grew from a clash between rival drug gangs and that several defendants will be sentenced from 29 June 2026, underlining concerns about hidden prison phones and organised crime reaching beyond prison walls.