EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Longmuir has been named EVP of Business Affairs at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.
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A teenage gunman who shot an innocent schoolgirl in the neck as he fired six bullets at a man he was chasing on an electric bike has been pictured for the first time. One of Rio Jones' gunshots struck a 15-year-old who was waiting with a friend at a bus stop in Toxteth, Liverpool, the Liverpool Echo reports.
She suffered 'very serious injuries'. The 'target' was shot in the arm. Jones, of Jermyn Street in Toxteth, has gone on trial accused of attempting to murder both victims.
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Liverpool Crown Court heard during the prosecution's opening on Wednesday afternoon that he was chasing the male through the streets - with both riding electric bikes - shortly after 5pm on March 1 this year when he fired six shots at him 'at extremely close proximity'. One bullet struck the other rider, with the other hitting the girl - who "happened to be waiting at a bus stop just behind the target".
David Temkin KC, prosecuting, told the court: "The issue is about the defendant’s intention, what Rio Jones intended when he fired the gun. The prosecution say that, when he fired the gun, his intention was to kill.
"Rio Jones accepts that he was the gunman. Rio Jones’ case, we understand, is that when he fired the gun he did not intend to kill - nor did he intend to cause grievous bodily harm.
"Rio Jones’ case, we understand, is that when he fired the gun he simply intended to cause fear. The prosecution of course say that when Rio Jones fired that gun - not once, not twice, not three times, but six times - at very close proximity at another man he had been chasing, his intention can only have been to kill."
A jury of six men and six women were
EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Longmuir has been named EVP of Business Affairs at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.
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