Overview

• Sentenced at the Old Bailey, Charles was given life with a 28-year minimum as the judge branded the killing a planned execution involving surveillance, a stolen car, false plates and a firearm.
• The court said it could not be sure whether Charles was the gunman or the driver, and the murder conviction rested on joint enterprise and a shared intent to kill.
• Five co-defendants were sentenced for conspiring to pervert the course of justice or assisting an offender, receiving terms from two to five years, and a sixth defendant, Kadjo Kadio, will be sentenced later.
• Prosecutors said Charles fled the country after the shooting and the Ford S‑Max linked to the attack was found burnt out days later.
• The victim’s mother thanked homicide investigators and the London Air Ambulance and expressed disappointment with the overall sentences.