Nineteen year old Kazeem Kolawale has been sentenced to life in prison
for the part he played in a gang shooting last year in South London
which left five year old Thusha Kamaleswaran paralysed.
Kazeem along with 2 other gang members from the ‘Organized Criminals
Gang” cycled to a wine store in Stockwell with the intention of killing
another gangster Roshawn Bryan who is a member of rival gang “All Bout
Money”.
In the ensuing pursuit and shoot out, 2 innocent victims were hit –
five year old Thusha who now has to spend the rest of her life in a
wheelchair and thirty five year old Roshan Selvakumar who was shot in
the face and still has bullet fragments lodged in his skull.
The three gang members were found guilty in an Old Bailey Court last
month of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the girl and
Selvakumar, plus the attempted murder of rival gang member Roshaun
Bryan.
During the trial it was revealed that all three boys should have been in jail long before the tragic incident.
Nathaniel Grant (the actual shooter), known as ‘Killa Buzz’, was
cleared of an almost identical gangland murder and released from prison
just weeks earlier; Anthony McCalla was on bail over a vicious bus brawl
and probation staff considered recalling him to prison hours before
Thusha was shot while Kazeem Kolawole had recently been spared prison
for beating a schoolgirl and was wearing an electronic tag while on bail
for carrying a knife.
Grant will spend a minimum of 17 years before he is eligible for parole
while McCalla and Kolawole will spend a minimum of 14 years before being
eligible for parole.
They should rot!
