Man guilty over gang shooting of girl, aged nine

A man has been found guilty over the shooting of a nine-year-old girl outside a restaurant in a long-running gang feud.

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00:00This is yet another horrible consequence of London's chronic gang violence problem.

00:0733-year-old Javen Riley from Tottenham in North London was found guilty of causing grievous harm

00:17with intent to the 9-year-old girl who cannot be named for legal reasons.

00:23The girl was hit in the head by a bullet during a drive-by shooting in Hackney.

00:30In May of last year, Riley was also found guilty of attempting to murder 35-year-old Mustafa

00:38Kiziltan, 45-year-old Kenan Ayodgudu and 44-year-old Nasser Ali.

00:44The three men were said to be affiliated with the Hackney Turks organised crime gang who had

00:51a rivalry with the Tottenham Turks, with whom Riley had links.

00:57It is important to note that the actual gunman has not been caught.

01:02Jurors were told Riley had played a key role in the shooting, carrying out recognizance

01:09of the restaurant before the attack scouted for potential target and drove the gunman away

01:18in a stolen car, which was later burnt out.

01:22Scotland Yard has offered a reward of up to £15,000 for information that leads to the identification,

01:29arrest of and prosecution of the man who fired the weapon.

01:35While on trial, Javon Riley refused to name or identify the gunman, claiming he feared for

01:42his life and those of his family.

01:44his family.