'Deliveroo gunman' set up over debt, court told

An eight-year-old girl and a 34-year-old man were shot multiple times in Ladbroke Grove on 24 November; both victims cannot be identified for legal reasons. Police found a gun under a concrete slab outside Jazz Reid's home after his arrest. Reid, 33, told jurors the weapon was planted as part of a setup linked to a £10,000 drug debt. Forensic evidence links two guns to three shootings. Reid said he had handled a gun when he was previously attacked and shot, and he has a past conviction for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. Prosecution cross-examined him about lack of proof for the setup claim.

"The child was hit twice and the 34-year-old man five times as they sat with other family members in a car in Ladbroke Grove, north-west London, on 24 November last year. Neither victim can be identified for legal reasons. Police recovered a gun from underneath a concrete slab outside Reid's home following his arrest. Giving evidence in his Old Bailey trial, Jazz Reid, 33, told jurors the gun was "planted" as part of a plot to set him up over a 10k drug debt."

"Mr Reid claimed to have handled a gun during an earlier incident in which he was himself attacked and shot. The court heard he was arrested for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs in 2012 and sent to prison the following year after a trial. Mr Reid said he became aware in 2021 that he was being pursued over a 10,000 drug debt. Cross-examining for the prosecution Michael Goodwin KC said: "Apart from what you've told us, do you have any other proof that you have been set up?" The defendant replied: "No.""

"Previously, the court heard Mr Reid allegedly used a hire car to drive from his home in Uxbridge to west London, changed into a Deliveroo disguise and cycled on an e-bike to his intended targets. In the first shooting on 9 October last year, Mr Reid allegedly fired twice, hitting a woman in the thigh at her home in Notting Hill. On 11 November last year, it is alleged he fired four shots at an address in north London."

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