Man jailed for 34 years over shooting of girl, 9

A man has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for his role as a getaway driver in a gangland shooting that left a nine-year-old girl with a bullet stuck in her head. After being struck in the head by the first of six bullets fired from a passing motor bike at a restaurant on Kingsland High Street, Dalston last May, Javon Riley, 33, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Riley was also found guilty of the attempted murder of three men - Mustafa Kiziltan, Kenan Aydogdu, and Nasser Ali, who were sitting at tables outside the Evin Restaurant. The gunman and the weapon used in the east London shooting have never been found.

Judge Mark Lucraft KC sentenced him to a string of tit for tat murders and attempted murders in London and abroad over the past ten years, according to Judge Mark Luca's sentencing him on Friday. "You played a leading role as a planner and a spotter, and this was an act of retaliation for recent events.

'We grieve for her dreams'

Our daughter's joyful spirit remains, but it is now wrapped in layers of anxiety and silence,

the girl's mother's statement was read to the court by the judge.

She watches her friends do what she can't do and she carries it all inside with a calm attitude.

This tragedy did not only change our daughter's life, it also broke something in us as a family.

For us, the pain is constant, we live with constant worry about the future,

the actress said, although she's uncertain how much more she will lose as she grows.

We mourn for the hopes we once had for her, hopes of music, sport, and a carefree childhood were replaced by therapy sessions, hospital visits, and survival tips for survivors. According to jurors, the three men who were shot were believed to be members of the Hackney Turks organised crime group, which had a rivalry with the Tottenham Turks, with whom Riley had links. The gunman remains on the loose, but prosecutors suspect Riley played a

important part

before, during, and after the shooting. Scotland Yard has been paid up to £15,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and prosecution of the individual who fired the bullets. Riley was asked to identify the

third party" who had recruited him for about £40,000 during a three-week trial. He refused, citing fears about his life and the safety of his family.

String of convictions

Riley admitted to doing reconnaissance, detecting targets, and picking up the gunman, but said it was a smash-and-grab robbery. Riley later revealed that the person who used the rifle had told him: Shots were fired. I need to get out of here.The court heard that Jamaica-born Riley had a string of arrests dating back to 2008. They include smoking and cocaine, driving offences, and carrying an offensive weapon and a blade in his car. He admitted to being involved in carjacking, heroin use, and robberies, but said he had never been jailed for those offences. Riley's links to the Tottenham Turks were discovered on police reports, including information about Izzet Eren, who was shot in Moldova on July 10 last year as part of what was thought to be a revenge attack.