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Getaway Driver Convicted in Dalston Shooting That Injured Nine-Year-Old

Riley remains in custody until his September sentencing with Scotland Yard pressing on in its search for the motorbike gunman.

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Overview

  • Javon Riley, 33, was convicted by a jury of three counts of attempted murder and a count of causing grievous bodily harm to the nine-year-old girl for his role as getaway driver
  • Prosecutors presented CCTV, covert recordings and forensic evidence showing Riley scouted the restaurant, identified targets and drove the motorbike gunman away in a stolen car later burnt out
  • The Old Bailey heard the attack was orchestrated as a planned assassination in a long-running feud between the Tottenham Turks and Hackney Turks gangs
  • The nine-year-old victim has a bullet lodged in her brain and lives with a titanium skull plate alongside enduring physical and cognitive disabilities
  • Police continue to hunt the motorbike gunman who remains unidentified and have offered up to £15,000 for information leading to his arrest