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Javon Riley Admits Getaway Role in Dalston Shooting but Denies Foreknowledge

Riley testified that he believed he was aiding a drug theft rather than a targeted gang hit

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Overview

  • Riley told jurors he drove the Ducati rider away from Evin restaurant moments after six shots were fired on May 29, 2024
  • He said he accepted about £40,000 to participate in what he thought was a ‘smash and grab’ robbery of 60 kilos of drugs
  • The 33-year-old denies any knowledge of or intent to facilitate the shooting that left a nine-year-old girl with a bullet lodged in her brain
  • Prosecutors maintain the attack was a deliberate assassination ordered by rival Tottenham Turks and Hackney Turks gangs
  • The motorcycle gunman on a stolen Ducati remains at large as the court reviews forensic and surveillance evidence