Live updates as Sheffield "gangster" Stephen Dunford is given life imprisonment over attempted murder of 12-year-old boy in drive-by shooting

Gun-toting gangster Stephen Dunford is being sentenced today, Wednesday, October 7, after he was found guilty of attempting to murder a 12-year-old boy in a drive-by shooting in Sheffield.
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Dunford, aged 25, of Fellbrigg Road, Sheffield, and Devon Gregory, aged 23, of Heeley Green, Sheffield, had been accused of being armed with guns in a Ford Focus which passed the 12-year-old boy as he was shot in the left thigh on Northern Avenue, Arbourthorne, about 3.30pm, on January 12.

A jury at the six-week long Sheffield Crown Court trial previously found Devon Gregory not guilty of attempted murder and not guilty of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

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However, Dunford was found guilty on September 21 of attempted murder and possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life but he and Gregory were found not guilty of conspiracy to endanger life.

Pictured is Stephen Dunford, aged 25, of Fellbrigg Road, Sheffield, who has been found guilty of attempted murder after the drive-by shooting of a 12-year-old boy.Pictured is Stephen Dunford, aged 25, of Fellbrigg Road, Sheffield, who has been found guilty of attempted murder after the drive-by shooting of a 12-year-old boy.
Pictured is Stephen Dunford, aged 25, of Fellbrigg Road, Sheffield, who has been found guilty of attempted murder after the drive-by shooting of a 12-year-old boy.

Stephen Wood QC, prosecuting, told the court the boy had been meeting friends when he was shot. Dunford was also found guilty of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life after a separate shooting incident on Northcote Avenue, Sheffield, on January 10, according to Mr Wood, after a bullet was found in a vehicle tyre.

Dunford, who has been dubbed a gangster by police, has also pleaded guilty to dangerous driving from November involving a stolen white Ford Focus, according to Mr Wood. Mr Wood said police also found a gun with DNA traces of another defendant, Brandon Bailey, aged 26, of Manor Park Way, Sheffield, but it is not claimed he was in the car during the shooting.

However, he was found guilty of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life. Police also recovered £19,970 from Bailey’s home, according to Mr Wood, and he has pleaded guilty to possessing criminal property.

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Bailey will also be sentenced today, October 7, with Dunford.

Pictured is Brandon Bailey, aged 26, of Manor Park Way, Sheffield, who was found guilty of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life and has pleaded guilty to possessing criminal property.Pictured is Brandon Bailey, aged 26, of Manor Park Way, Sheffield, who was found guilty of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life and has pleaded guilty to possessing criminal property.
Pictured is Brandon Bailey, aged 26, of Manor Park Way, Sheffield, who was found guilty of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life and has pleaded guilty to possessing criminal property.

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