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Teenage hitman Santra Gayle guilty of Subasi murder | |
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A teenage hitman has been convicted of murdering a woman in east London. | A teenage hitman has been convicted of murdering a woman in east London. |
Gulistan Subasi, 26, was gunned down on her mother's doorstep at a flat in Hackney in March 2010, the Old Bailey heard. | Gulistan Subasi, 26, was gunned down on her mother's doorstep at a flat in Hackney in March 2010, the Old Bailey heard. |
Santra Gayle, now 16, had denied murder. He is said to have been paid £200 for the crime. | |
Izak Billy, 22, of Willesden, was also found guilty of murder and making a threat to kill. Three other men were found not guilty of murder. | Izak Billy, 22, of Willesden, was also found guilty of murder and making a threat to kill. Three other men were found not guilty of murder. |
Serdar Ozbek, 28, of Wood Green, Paul Nicalaou, 29, of Tottenham, and Leigh Bryan, 25, of Hornsey, had also denied the crime. | Serdar Ozbek, 28, of Wood Green, Paul Nicalaou, 29, of Tottenham, and Leigh Bryan, 25, of Hornsey, had also denied the crime. |
Gayle was just 15 when he executed the mother and is thought to be the UK's youngest hitman. | |
He was recruited to carry out the attack because he had no connections with the Turkish community, the court heard. | |
His interests were said to be girls, football and playing on his X-Box. | |
A judge lifted an order granting Gayle anonymity which had originally been put in place because of his age. | |
It had been alleged Miss Subasi was killed on the orders of ex-partner Mr Ozbek because he feared she would take their nine-year-old son away, though Mr Ozbek was cleared of murder. | |
Birthday killing | |
Miss Subasi moved to Turkey after her relationship with Mr Ozbek ended, but her son remained in north London with his father. | |
She was due to see her son on his ninth birthday on 23 March last year but was shot dead the night before. | |
The victim's mother, Dondu Subasi, told the court: "She was especially coming for her son's birthday. | |
"She was going to give him his present but unfortunately she could not." | |
Miss Subasi was due to get married in May in Turkey. | |
Sentencing has been adjourned. | Sentencing has been adjourned. |