Rapper plotted shooting in 'retaliation' after his ex's car was bricked, trial hears
13.10.2022 - 20:32
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A rapper plotted a shooting in which a gunman opened fire at a house in 'retaliation' after his ex's car had been 'bricked', prosecutors allege. Olu Tunde Finni, who performs as 'Tunde', is on trial alongside four other men accused of planning the shooting at a property in Moorton Avenue, Burnage.
Mr Finni and his co-accused have pleaded not guilty. Manchester Crown Court heard a gunman fired two shots at a house before the firearm jammed.
No-one was hurt, with the couple who lived in the house asleep in bed. Prosecutors allege the shooting was committed in 'retaliation' after the windows of a car belonging to Mr Finni's ex-girlfriend were 'bricked' by a group of men in Wythenshawe.
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The jury heard the shooting took place about an hour later, at around midnight on September 27, 2020. "It is the prosecution case that Mr Finni, after learning that his ex-girlfriend's vehicle had been targeted, arranged for the firearm to be retrieved and for someone to attend at Moorton Avenue and discharge it towards the address," prosecutor Jonathon Rogers said.
Jurors were told the shooting was a case of 'mistaken identity', and that those who lived in the house were not responsible for the damage to the car and didn't have any connection with the alleged conspirators. Mr Finni, 27, is on trial accused conspiring to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life, alongside Ateeque Brown, 23, Samuel McNair, 31, Elias Abubakar, 24 and Jack Derbyshire, 24.
Another man, 37-year-old Lorenzo McKenzie, is accused of storing the Glock style gun for the men, who prosecutors allege were part of a 'criminal gang'. All six men have pleaded not