Range Rover Row Ends With Late-Night Shooting

Car Trouble: Emeh

A gunman involved in a dispute over a Range Rover ambushed his victim in the early hours, shooting him in the thigh.

John Paul Emeh, 35, of Sixth Avenue, North Kensington tried to pump a second bullet into his target, a 50 year-old man, but his handgun jammed.

He was convicted at the Old Bailey of inflicting grievous bodily harm and possessing a firearm, with intent to endanger life.

The jury cleared Emeh of a charge of attempted murder.

He is due to be sentenced at the same court on Friday, April 26.

The court heard that on July 22, last year Emeh lay in wait for his victim as he left a venue in Western Road, Harlesden alongside four friends.

Shortly before 4.30am he confronted the victim and pulled a small handgun from his pocket, which he used to shoot him in the thigh.

He then attempted to shoot him for a second time but due to a mechanical failure, the gun did not discharge and he fled the scene on a moped.

The victim - who required surgery to his leg - told police he had been in a dispute with the suspect over the purchase of a Range Rover and that he had known him only as 'Mustafa' and 'Yousef.'

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police's Trident and Area Crime Command began an investigation and following analysis of CCTV and mobile phone footage, Emeh was arrested on September 28, 2018 and charged.

Detective Constable Michael Clinch said: "This was a pre-meditated and targeted attack, the consequences of which could have been far worse.

"This type of violence has no place on our streets and I am pleased Emeh has now been brought to justice."