A man has been jailed for 34 years over his role in a gangland shooting that left a nine-year-old girl with a bullet lodged in her brain.
Javon Riley, 33, was convicted last month of causing grievous bodily harm with intent after the girl was hit in the head by the first of six bullets fired from a passing motorbike at a restaurant on Kingsland High Street, Dalston, last May.
Riley was also sentenced over the attempted murder of three men – Mustafa Kiziltan, Kenan Aydogdu, and Nasser Ali – who were sitting at tables outside the Evin Restaurant that night.
The gunman and weapon used in the shooting in east London have never been found.
Sentencing him on Friday, Judge Mark Lucraft KC said the gang rivalry had seen a number of “tit for tat” murders and attempted murders in London and overseas over the past 10 years.
The three men who were shot were said to be affiliated with the Hackney Turks organised crime gang, who had a rivalry with the Tottenham Turks, with whom Riley had links, jurors had heard.