"Cross-examining, prosecutor Michael Goodwin KC said: "Are you surprised they didn't try and kill you? "You told us you were 'set up' and the gun was planted because they wanted to get rid of you, teach you a lesson?" Reid said he was shot, stabbed and attacked with a hammer. Mr Goodwin said: "Apart from what you've told us, do you have any other proof that you have been set up?" The defendant replied: "No.""
"Reid confirmed he was arrested for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs in 2012 and sent to prison the following year after a trial. He said he became aware in 2021 that he was being pursued over a 10,000 drug debt. Reid said that despite making money from drug dealing he also had a gambling habit, so by 2024 he still had not repaid the debt."
An eight-year-old girl and a 34-year-old man were shot while sitting with family in a car in Ladbroke Grove on 24 November; the child was hit twice and the man five times. Two guns linked by forensic evidence to 33-year-old Jazz Reid were used in three shootings. One weapon was recovered under a concrete slab outside Reid's home after his arrest. Reid told jurors the gun was planted in a setup over a 10,000 drug debt and said he had been attacked and shot previously. He acknowledged a 2012 arrest for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and said gambling prevented debt repayment. Reid denied initial omissions and said he was at a family celebration and buying cannabis at the time of the shootings.
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