Birmingham car park shooting: man jailed for life

The conviction of Damaine Sculley brought a five year investigation to an end, police say

A man who shot another dead at "point blank" range in a car park has been given a life sentence.

Damaine Sculley killed Tyrone Dorsett, 20, after arranging to meet him near Birmingham City Football Club in April 2018.

Sculley, 30, of Great Barr, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison.

The reason for the shooting remained unknown, said police, but the meeting was likely about "serious criminality."

The meeting between Mr Dorsett and Sculley had been facilitated by a group of prison inmates who made phone calls from their cells, said West Midlands Police.

Mr Dorsett had driven with two of his friends from Telford to a small car park on South Holme, Bordesley Green, shortly after midnight on 15 April 2018.

He met with three men, one of whom was Sculley, and within minutes he was shot twice from behind by Sculley as he sat in his car.

DNA inside a glove found at the scene was linked to Sculley, and he was also tracked on CCTV, said officers.

The reason for the car park meeting where Tyrone Dorsett was shot was still unknown, said police

He was arrested in September 2022.

Sculley was found guilty of murder following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court, and sentenced on Thursday.

The investigation into the killing of Tyrone Dorsett had been "long, complex and challenging", said Det Ch Insp Adam Jobson.

The conviction of Damaine Sculley brought that investigation to an end, and some closure for Mr Dorsett's family, he said.

However, he acknowledged the pain they felt at his loss would "last a lifetime".