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| How the gun that killed Agnes had been traded by gangs | How the gun that killed Agnes had been traded by gangs |
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| By Chris Summers BBC News | By Chris Summers BBC News |
| Two men have been convicted of shooting dead a 16-year-old as she waited for pizza in an east London takeaway. What the jury did not know was the gun that killed her had been used in six other shootings. | Two men have been convicted of shooting dead a 16-year-old as she waited for pizza in an east London takeaway. What the jury did not know was the gun that killed her had been used in six other shootings. |
| On a Wednesday evening in April last year, Agnes Sina-Inakoju met two friends at a chicken and pizza shop in Hoxton, east London. | On a Wednesday evening in April last year, Agnes Sina-Inakoju met two friends at a chicken and pizza shop in Hoxton, east London. |
| Agnes, who was described by her family as "charismatic, ambitious, loving and caring", had been doing well at school and had visited Oxford University the week before with a view to applying to go there after taking her A-levels. | Agnes, who was described by her family as "charismatic, ambitious, loving and caring", had been doing well at school and had visited Oxford University the week before with a view to applying to go there after taking her A-levels. |
| As she waited for her pizza she joked with her friends, Ronan and Tanya. | As she waited for her pizza she joked with her friends, Ronan and Tanya. |
| Two young men in dark hooded clothing approached on bicycles. Miss Sina-Inakoju looked up just as one of them fired a gun. She was struck in the throat by a bullet and died two days later in hospital. | Two young men in dark hooded clothing approached on bicycles. Miss Sina-Inakoju looked up just as one of them fired a gun. She was struck in the throat by a bullet and died two days later in hospital. |
| The gun was a 9mm Agram sub-machine gun, made in Croatia and capable of firing 800 rounds a minute. | The gun was a 9mm Agram sub-machine gun, made in Croatia and capable of firing 800 rounds a minute. |
| The man who pulled the trigger was 22-year-old Leon Dunkley, and his accomplice was Mohammed Smoured, 21. | |
| They were members of a gang from the London Fields area of Hackney. | They were members of a gang from the London Fields area of Hackney. |
| During their trial it emerged another London Fields gang member had been beaten up in Hoxton a few days before the murder. | During their trial it emerged another London Fields gang member had been beaten up in Hoxton a few days before the murder. |
| Det Ch Insp John Crossley, who led the investigation, said the attack on the fast-food shop was a random act of revenge. | Det Ch Insp John Crossley, who led the investigation, said the attack on the fast-food shop was a random act of revenge. |
| But he said: "They just fired indiscriminately at point blank range. Agnes was definitely not targeted. She was the innocent, 16-year-old victim of gun crime." | But he said: "They just fired indiscriminately at point blank range. Agnes was definitely not targeted. She was the innocent, 16-year-old victim of gun crime." |
| A week later the gun was found in a rucksack that had been dumped in a garden about a mile away, in Blanchard Way, by a 17-year-old being chased by police officers. He had been looking after it for Dunkley. | A week later the gun was found in a rucksack that had been dumped in a garden about a mile away, in Blanchard Way, by a 17-year-old being chased by police officers. He had been looking after it for Dunkley. |
| The London Fields gang also had a Mac-10 sub-machine gun - nicknamed the "spray and pray" because its recoil makes it difficult to aim accurately - a shotgun, a converted revolver and an Umarex Walther self-loading pistol. | The London Fields gang also had a Mac-10 sub-machine gun - nicknamed the "spray and pray" because its recoil makes it difficult to aim accurately - a shotgun, a converted revolver and an Umarex Walther self-loading pistol. |
| But it is the Agram that killed Miss Sina-Inakoju that best illustrates how guns are traded and borrowed by criminals across the capital. | But it is the Agram that killed Miss Sina-Inakoju that best illustrates how guns are traded and borrowed by criminals across the capital. |
| On 30 September 2009 that same gun was in the hands of Yusuf Arslan, a member of the Tottenham Boys, a gang of mainly Turkish and Kurdish youths. | On 30 September 2009 that same gun was in the hands of Yusuf Arslan, a member of the Tottenham Boys, a gang of mainly Turkish and Kurdish youths. |
| Arslan's gang was engaged in a war with the rival Hackney Turks, which cost three lives. | Arslan's gang was engaged in a war with the rival Hackney Turks, which cost three lives. |
| On the night he fired the gun, two men in a van were lucky to escape without serious injury. | On the night he fired the gun, two men in a van were lucky to escape without serious injury. |
| The same weapon, identified by the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (Nabis), was also used in shootings as far apart as Croydon and Enfield. | The same weapon, identified by the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (Nabis), was also used in shootings as far apart as Croydon and Enfield. |
| It is not known who pulled the trigger - in one shooting the suspect was described as a black male, another was outside a snooker hall favoured by members of the Turkish community. | It is not known who pulled the trigger - in one shooting the suspect was described as a black male, another was outside a snooker hall favoured by members of the Turkish community. |
| Dunkley and Smoured's trial heard evidence of guns used by the London Fields gang being returned to a Turkish man in a Hackney pub. | Dunkley and Smoured's trial heard evidence of guns used by the London Fields gang being returned to a Turkish man in a Hackney pub. |
| In court, Smoured, who is of Algerian origin, admitted being a drug dealer and member of the London Fields gang but denied any knowledge of guns or Agnes' murder. | In court, Smoured, who is of Algerian origin, admitted being a drug dealer and member of the London Fields gang but denied any knowledge of guns or Agnes' murder. |
| Police said the gang's Mac-10 had also been used in September 2007 in two incidents in Wembley and Kilburn, on the other side of London, suggesting it had been bought or borrowed from a west London gang. | Police said the gang's Mac-10 had also been used in September 2007 in two incidents in Wembley and Kilburn, on the other side of London, suggesting it had been bought or borrowed from a west London gang. |
| Det Ch Insp Crossley said 529 weapons - mainly handguns - were recovered in London in 2010 and he said many of them had been used in multiple shootings. | Det Ch Insp Crossley said 529 weapons - mainly handguns - were recovered in London in 2010 and he said many of them had been used in multiple shootings. |
| He said: "It is quite common for guns to get passed around between gangs and sometimes get stolen by other gangs. | He said: "It is quite common for guns to get passed around between gangs and sometimes get stolen by other gangs. |
| "Nowadays Nabis would be able to tell pretty quickly if it was the same gun." | "Nowadays Nabis would be able to tell pretty quickly if it was the same gun." |
| "If a gun is used in a particularly high-profile incident they will usually try to get rid of it," he said. | "If a gun is used in a particularly high-profile incident they will usually try to get rid of it," he said. |
| 'Hideously violent' | 'Hideously violent' |
| At Dunkley's Old Bailey trial the prosecutor, Simon Denison QC, said Miss Sina-Inakoju's future "was taken away from her in an instant". | At Dunkley's Old Bailey trial the prosecutor, Simon Denison QC, said Miss Sina-Inakoju's future "was taken away from her in an instant". |
| The jury saw CCTV footage from inside the shop. | The jury saw CCTV footage from inside the shop. |
| Miss Sina-Inakoju is seen falling to the ground and remaining motionless for a few seconds before rolling over clutching her throat as her friends jump across the counter and dive for cover. | Miss Sina-Inakoju is seen falling to the ground and remaining motionless for a few seconds before rolling over clutching her throat as her friends jump across the counter and dive for cover. |
| Mr Denison told the jury: "The footage is shocking. It's footage of a 16-year-old girl being shot and killed. | Mr Denison told the jury: "The footage is shocking. It's footage of a 16-year-old girl being shot and killed. |
| "It's graphic and it's hideously violent but we have to show it and we have to study it because it does give us a picture of what happened. | "It's graphic and it's hideously violent but we have to show it and we have to study it because it does give us a picture of what happened. |
| "The scene inside the shop was one of shock, horror and chaos." | "The scene inside the shop was one of shock, horror and chaos." |
| Understandably, her relatives refused to allow the footage to be released to the media. | Understandably, her relatives refused to allow the footage to be released to the media. |