A man has been found guilty over the shooting of a nine-year-old girl outside a restaurant in a long-running gang feud.
The girl was hit in the head by one of six bullets fired by a man on a passing motorbike as she sat with her family in the Evin Restaurant in Kingsland High Street, Hackney, on May 29 last year.
Three men who were sitting at a nearby table were also struck and injured, the Old Bailey was told.
On Monday, Javon Riley, 33, from Tottenham, north London, was found guilty of causing grievous harm with intent to the nine-year-old girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons.
Riley was also found guilty of attempting to murder Mustafa Kiziltan, 35, Kenan Aydogdu, 45 and Nasser Ali, 44.
The three men were said to be affiliated with the Hackney Turks organised crime gang, who had a rivalry with the Tottenham Turks, with whom Riley had links, the court heard.
The court was told that Mr Aydogdu had been injured in a previous shooting.
The gunman has not been caught, but jurors were told Riley had played a “key role” before, during and after the shooting.
He had carried out reconnaissance of the restaurant before the attack, scouted for potential targets and drove the gunman away in a stolen car, which was later burnt out.
The Old Bailey jury deliberated for six hours and three minutes to convict Riley by a majority of 10 to two.
Judge Mark Lucraft KC remanded Riley into custody to be sentenced on September 12.
He told him to expect a lengthy prison sentence, saying: “You have clearly taken part in a shooting which has led to four people being injured, one of them particularly seriously.”
