Temidire Owolabi |
A
Nigerian-Born man who shot a Woodford Green businessman at point blank range as
he worked in his cafe has been sentenced to 24 years in prison.
Temidire Owolabi, 22, of Chafford Hundred, entered
Cakes and Shakes, in High Road, on November 14 2011 and shot 24-year-old James Bryant twice at point-blank
range.
His
mother and friends witnessed the shooting in broad daylight.
They
were clearing up mess in the closed cafe from when the window was blasted out
with a shotgun days before.
Mr Bryant survived the attack but fell into a
coma and spent two months recovering in hospital.
Owolabi was sentenced to 24 years for
attempted murder and 15 years for possession of a firearm at the Old Bailey
today [Dec. 17].
He
was cleared of blowing out the window with a shotgun, of conspiracy to murder
and of a further count of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life
relating to the shotgun.
The
sentences will run concurrently.
James Bryant (Right) survived being shot at close range in November 2011 |
VIDEO: CCTV Footage of Cakes and Shakes gunman
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