Gangsters jailed after ambushing car and shooting at girl, 4, in botched hit on Hackney rivals

Two north London gangsters have been jailed after shooting at a four-year-old girl in a car they believed was being driven by underworld rivals.

Jordan Shaw and Joshua Fraser, members of a gang in Manor House , were on a “ride-out” into opposition territory in Hackney when they ambushed a vehicle in February 2023.

The pair thought the car was being driven by gang rivals, but was in fact a family including a girl, aged four and a 13-year-old boy. No-one was injured in the incident which happened in Shrubland Road.

Shaw, 20, from Green Lanes, was given 21 years behind bars for two counts of possession of a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life, conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder.

Fraser, 19, from King Edwards Road, was sentenced to 14 years for possession of a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life and conspiracy to commit murder.

They were sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on September 3.

The Met’s specialist firearms teams had carried out round-the-clock investigations into Shaw and Fraser before arresting them at their home addresses three months after the shooting, the court had heard. Meanwhile the gun used in the attack had been used in 11 other criminal incidents.

Andrea Ireland, Detective Chief Inspector, Specialist Crime North, said: "Following exhaustive investigative enquiries by Specialist Crime Trident officers we have taken two extremely dangerous men off the streets.

“Our Specialist Crime Proactive teams also recovered the firearm used in the gang-related activity in Hackney and which was subsequently found to have been used in 11 previous discharges in London.

"This vital work has no doubt had a significant impact in safeguarding our local community and securing justice for victims which included very young children."

The Met Police Specialist Crime units are working with borough colleagues to smash serious and organised crime groups that pose the greatest harm to London’s communities.

Last year 386 illegal firearms were seized across the capital, equal to more than one a day. Between April 2023 and March 2024 there was a reduction in the number of firearms offences from 196 to 145.

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