Teenage girl’s killers face life in jail

Two east London men found guilty of killing innocent schoolgirl in pizza shop revenge attack that went wrong Two members of an east London gang are facing life sentences for killing an innocent 16-year-old girl in a revenge hit that went wrong. Agnes Sina-Inakoju died when she was shot in the neck in April 2010 by Leon Dunkley as she bought pizza. Dunkley, 22, a senior member of the London Fields gang, fired a submachine gun through the window of the takeaway in a “callous and cold-blooded” attack. He and fellow gang member Mohammed Smoured, 21, cycled up to the Hoxton Chicken and Pizza Shop. Dunkley fired into the shop without looking who he was aiming at and hit Sina-Inakoju, a “popular and successful” schoolgirl who hoped to go to Oxford University. The shooting, which was captured on CCTV, was the culmination of a violent and escalating feud between gangs from Hackney. Simon Denison QC, prosecuting, told the Old Bailey: “Her future was taken away from her in an instant.” Police investigating the murder uncovered an arsenal of weapons held by teenagers who had been intimidated into storing them by senior members of the London Fields gang. The shooting took place after one member was beaten up by the rival Hoxton Boys gang. Dunkley believed members of the rival gang would be at the takeaway shop when he opened fire. The court heard that after the shooting Smoured told a friend: “It’s funny, the way she dropped.” Dunkley and lookout Smoured, both of Hackney, were each convicted of murder by a 10-1 majority and will be sentenced later on Tuesday. Two youths, aged 16 and 17, were convicted of firearms offences for holding weapons and will be sentenced at a later date. Six London Fields gang members were jailed for life in 2009 for the murder of 14-year-old schoolboy Shaquille Smith, who was stabbed on a park bench. Crime Gun crime London guardian.co.uk

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