A hired spotter and getaway driver has been jailed for life over his role in a gangland shooting outside a restaurant in east London which left a girl with a bullet lodged in her brain.
Javon Riley, 33, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday after being found guilty over his role in the gangland shooting at a restaurant on Kingsland High Street, Dalston which saw the girl hit in the head by one of six bullets fired by another man on a passing motorbike.
She was sat with her family in the Evin Restaurant in Kingsland High Street, Hackney, on May 29 last year.
Riley was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
He was also found guilty of attempting to murder three men - Mustafa Kiziltan, 35, Kenan Aydogdu, 45, and Nasser Ali, 44 - who were sitting at a nearby table.
The girl was an innocent victim of a bloody rivalry between north London Turkish gangs.
Tottenham man, Riley, was sentenced by Judge Mark Lucraft.
The judge told the court the gang rivalry had seen a number of "tit for tat" murders and attempted murders in London and overseas over the past decade.
Javon Riley has been found guilty of his role in a shooting in Hackney, London | PA/MET POLICEThe three men who were shot were said to be affiliated with the Hackney Turks organised crime gang.
They are said to be rivals with the Tottenham Turks which Riley had links with, jurors had previously heard.
The gunman is still at large but prosecutors said Riley had played a "key role" before, during and after the shooting.
Riley carried out a reconnaissance of the restaurant prior to the attack.
Evin Restaurant where the shooting took place
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He also scouted for potential targets and drove the gunman away in a stolen car, which was later found burnt.
The nine-year-old girl spent three months in hospital and will suffer lifelong physical and cognitive problems as the bullet remains lodged in her brain.
The three male victims had gunshot wounds to the arm, leg and thigh.
Scotland Yard has offered up to £15,000 for the identification, arrest and prosecution of the gunman.
During Riley's three-week trial, he was asked to identify the "third party" who recruited him for about £40,000.
He refused, saying he feared for his and his family's life.
Riley admitted to performing a reconnaissance of the restaurant, spotting targets and picking up the gunman, however, he claimed he thought it was a "smash-and-grab" robbery.
He later admitted the person who used the gun said to him: "Shots have been fired. I need to get out of here".
The court heard that Riley, who was born in Jamaica, had convictions dating back to 2008, including cannabis and possession, driving offences and having an offensive weapon and a blade in his car.
He also admitted to car theft, drug dealing and robberies.
However, he said he had never been caught for those offences.
Police recordings revealed Riley's links to the Tottenham Turks, including talks about Izzet Eren, who was shot in Moldova on July 10 last year. It is believed to be a revenge attack.