Walthamstow: Kacey Boothe's killers found guilty of murder

Kacey Boothe was killed with the same gun which his brother had previously been shot with, a jury heard

A drill rapper who boasted about killing a member of a rival gang in a video has been found guilty of murder.

Kacey Boothe, 25, was fatally shot outside the Peterhouse Community Centre in Walthamstow, north-east London, on 13 August last year.

Kammar Henry-Richards, 25, known as Kay-O, and three others have been convicted of his murder.

The Old Bailey jury also found them guilty of plotting to murder Khalid Samanter.

During the trial, the court was told the killers had planned to shoot Khalid Samanter, a close friend of Mr Boothe and the father of the child whose party was being held at the community centre.

The shooting took place "against a background of violent incidents" arising from rivalry between two gangs, with which Mr Boothe and Mr Samanter and the defendants associated.

Jurors were told the gun used in Mr Boothe's murder was used on seven occasions between 2020 and the day he was killed.

Mr Boothe's older brother Kyle Boothe survived being shot with it on 1 August 2020.

The Old Bailey was told that days after Mr Boothe's death, Henry-Richards bragged about the killing in a rap video called Kay-O Laughing Stock.

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Henry-Richards, Kamani Brightly-Donaldson, 24, Jeffrey Gyimah, 21, and Joao Pateco-Te, 27, were found guilty of murder.

They were also found guilty of conspiracy to murder Mr Samanter and conspiracy to possess a firearm or firearms with intent to endanger life.

Brightly-Donaldson was convicted of having a prohibited firearm.

Roody Thomas, 26, admitted having a prohibited firearm, but other charges against him were dropped.

The jury was discharged on Tuesday after failing to reach verdicts on a further defendant, Kadeem Brightly-Barnes, 31.

The other defendants were remanded in custody to be sentenced at a later date.

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