The driver for a gunman who sprayed bullets into an east London restaurant and struck a nine-year-old girl in the head has been found guilty at an Old Bailey trial.
The young girl as left with a bullet lodged in her brain after the drive-by shooting at the Evin restaurant in Kingsland High Street in Dalston.
Javon Riley was riding a Ducati Monster motorbike with the gunman responsible for the shooting on the back.
The shocking outbreak of violence was the latest incident in a long-running feud between warring London gangs.
The shooting was carried out on the orders of the Tottenham Turks, with three members of the rival Hackney Turks being the intended targets as they sat in the restaurant.
Riley claimed he was unaware of the plan for a shooting, but a jury at the Old Bailey convicted him on a series of charges.
He was found guilty of the attempted murders of the three men sat in the restaurant, as well as causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the girl.
After the guilty verdict, the girl’s mother said: "In a single moment, the future we had imagined for our daughter was torn away. She was once an energetic, adventurous child — everything that celebrated movement, energy, and life.
"Now, weakness on her left side means she can only watch from the sidelines, living with a titanium plate in her skull and a bullet still in her brain. As parents, we are shattered — emotionally, physically, mentally, and financially. Each day brings new challenges, from her slower growth on one side to the emotional and mental scars that cannot be seen.
"The world we once believed was safe for our child now feels frightening and uncertain. This was not just an accident — even if our daughter was not the intended target, those responsible were still attempting to take lives, It is brutal and inhumane. We live with this pain every day, knowing nothing will ever be the same for our family."
The shooting happened on May 29, as the girl enjoyed dinner with her family.
Six shots in total were fired into the eatery. As well as injuring the girl, Mustafa Kiziltan, 35, Kenan Aydogdu, 45 and Nasser Ali, 44, were also struck by bullets, suffering injuries to their thigh, leg and backbone.
The trial heard the shooting is believed to have been linked to long-running gang feud between the Tottenham Turks and the Hackney Turks, and was said by the prosecution to have been a “planned assassination”.
Riley, from Tottenham, claimed he was offered £40,000 to be involved in a “smash and grab” robbery of 60 kilos of drugs, and claimed he agreed to be the driver for a man he had never met.
But evidence at trial revealed he had scoped out the restaurant in the days leading up to the shooting, sitting opposite sipping on a pina colada.
On the evening of the attack, he drove past the restaurant in a stolen car to check the intended targets were present. The gunman remains on the loose, and the Met Police have offered a £15,000 for information that leads to his capture.
Riley has been remanded into custody ahead of sentencing on September 12.
