"The girl was hit in the head by one of six bullets fired by a man on a passing motorbike as she sat with her family in the Evin restaurant in Kingsland High Street, Hackney, on 29 May last year. She was an innocent victim of a bloody rivalry between Turkish gangs from north London. Three men at a nearby table were also injured."
"Javon Riley, 33, from Tottenham, north London, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of causing grievous harm with intent to the girl and attempting to murder Mustafa Kiziltan, 35, Kenan Aydogdu, 45, and Nasser Ali, 44. Sentencing him on Friday, Judge Mark Lucraft KC said the gang rivalry had involved a number of tit-for-tat murders and attempted murders in London and overseas over the past 10 years."
"Riley carried out reconnaissance of the restaurant before the attack, scouted for potential targets and drove the gunman away in a stolen car, which was later burnt out. The nine-year-old girl spent three months in hospital and will suffer lifelong physical and cognitive problems as the bullet remains lodged in her brain. The three male victims received gunshot wounds to the arm, leg and thigh."
On 29 May a man on a passing motorbike fired six bullets into the Evin restaurant in Hackney, hitting a nine-year-old girl in the head. The girl spent three months in hospital and will suffer lifelong physical and cognitive impairments because a bullet remains lodged in her brain. Three men at a nearby table were injured. Javon Riley, 33, of Tottenham, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of causing grievous harm with intent and attempting to murder three men. Riley conducted reconnaissance, scouted targets and drove the gunman away in a stolen car that was later burnt out. Riley received a life sentence with a 34-year minimum. The gunman remains at large and Scotland Yard offered up to 15,000 for information.
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