Jailed 58 years for murder
Two men have been jailed at the Old Bailey London, for nearly 60 years for the murder of a man who was shot and killed on his own doorstep in Finsbury Park.
27-year-old Chad Gordon was shot as he opened the door to his address in Wiltshire Gardens, N4 on the evening of 18 May 2020. He was the victim of mistaken identity in an escalating feud between two local groups.
Mason Sani-Semedo, 19 (05.09.01) of West Green Road, Tottenham was sentenced to 29 years imprisonment for the murder of Chad Gordon and six years imprisonment for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Cameron Robinson, 20 (09.08.00) of Rainham Road South, Dagenham was sentenced to 29 years imprisonment for the murder and six years imprisonment for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Last month, three other men on trial with Sani-Semedo and Robinson had been found not guilty of murder.
On the evening of 18 May 2020, Chad Gordon was at his home address in Wiltshire Gardens. At approximately 20:20hrs he went to answer a knock at the door; as Chad opened the door he was confronted by Sani-Semedo and Robinson, who had arrived at the address on a moped. Sani-Semedo produced a firearm and shot Chad in the face.
As Sani-Semedo and Robinson fled the scene, they pointed the firearm towards a mother and child who were walking in the street in order to make good their escape.
Police and London Ambulance Service rushed to the scene but despite their efforts Chad was pronounced dead at the scene at 21:07hrs.
Around 30 minutes after the fatal shot was fired, London Fire Brigade received a call to reports of a fire in the Lea Valley area. A subsequent search of the scene revealed this was the moped used in the shooting, which had been dumped and set alight. Police attended the scene and managed to recover items, including two bike helmets, similar to those used by the suspects in the shooting.
Officers established that there had been ongoing tensions between two groups in the area in the days preceding Chad’s murder. It was also confirmed that a male, suspected to be the intended target for the shooting, lived close to Chad.
Officers established the motive for the attack was a revenge attack for the murder of Jamal Ebrahim in Tottenham on 13 May 2020.
