Three teenagers jailed for planned shooting

A LEEDS Crown Court judge has jailed three teenagers for a total of 47 years after a man was shot and seriously injured in a “planned and premeditated” attack on a Dewsbury street.

Owais Ashfaq, 18, and Hasnain Khan, 19, both from Bradford, and Ahmed Mohammed, 18, from Manchester, were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court yesterday by Judge Guy Kearl QC, who warned that long sentences should be expected for those who carry and use firearms.

Khan and Mohammed were both jailed for 15 years with five years extended licence for offences of wounding, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, attempted robbery and robbery.

Ashfaq was jailed to 17 years with five years extended licence for the same offences and for further offences of possession of an imitation firearm and attempted robbery in relation to an incident in Barkerend, Bradford in July last year.

They were jailed for a combined total of 47 years.

The incident in Dewsbury happened on the night of February 1, when a 24-year-old man was shot while in a car on Cemetery Road and suffered serious injuries to his upper body. Shortly afterwards Ashfaq, Khan, and Mohammed all attempted to steal a car from a man on Dewsbury Gate Road. They later stole a car and property from a man on Goose Hill in Heckmondwike to flee the area.

Judge Kearl QC described the shooting in Dewsbury as a “planned and premeditated attack” and that all of the crimes that took place that night are likely to have caused psychological effects on the victims. Detective Chief Inspector Sue Jenkinson of West Yorkshire Police, said: “We are pleased to see these men behind bars today for quite outrageous displays of violence in our communities.

“The force now has a specialist Firearms Prevent Team which investigates gun crime and I would urge anyone who has information about the possession of firearms in West Yorkshire can contact them on 101.”