A judge said the victims were 'deliberately' sought out as a family walked past moments before shots were fired
A gangland drive-by shooting outside the Godfather café in broad daylight led to the downfall of two rival drug gangs.
Manchester Crown Court heard that on the afternoon of November 15 2019, a group of males were seated inside the Godfather café on Copthall Lane. At around 2.30pm, a Mercedes, driven by Hazhar Anwar, drove slowly down the road, almost coming to a stop outside the café. The front seat passenger was alleged to be Faizan Shabbir, and Danyal Ahmed was sat in the back of the car.
Footage of the shooting showed a family, including five small children, walk past the scene moments before the gunman opened fire. Ahsan Shabbir then assisted his brother by ordering him a taxi away from the area, buying him food and drink whilst he hid in a house to evade capture and then booked a flight for him to leave the country.
Ahmed’s home was searched following the shooting, in which police found a burner phone containing ‘flare’ messages, where he advertised ‘sniff’, ‘flake’ and ‘ket’ for sale. Hing and Mutjaba Saeed also had their own drugs line, which they were operating out of a flat in Prestwich. When they raided the flat, Hing tried to escape through a window and Saeed barricaded himself in the bedroom.Anwar, Ahmed and Hing were said to have no previous convictions. Shabbir had previous convictions for driving offences, and Saeed had previous convictions for possession with intent to supply class A drugs, wounding and possession of a bladed article.
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