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Men shot dead at anti-gun event
Paul Cheston, Courts Correspondent17.04.09
AN ALLEGED double killer, his accomplice and one of his victims were all carrying firearms at an anti-gun event in London, the Old Bailey heard today.
Shakah Anderson is accused of shooting dead Mohamed Korneh and Selorn Gbesenete, both 21, at the Tudor Rose night club in Southall at Unarmed 2, dedicated to stopping gun crime among young black people, the jury was told.
The killings in December 2002 were part of a series of shootings in the area. Korneh, known as Shorty, had allegedly been responsible for one shooting. When police arrived they found a Luger handgun in his waistband.
Anderson had been shot earlier that year and his alleged accomplice Wayne Freckleton has since died in a shooting.
Stephen Batten, prosecuting, said “there must have been other guns at the event as well”.
Anderson has been named by a “supergrass”
convicted of conspiracy to murder who will give evidence next week.
Anderson, 28, of Bristol denies murder.
