Two men have been convicted of murdering Michelle Sadio, a 44-year-old mother of two, in a drive-by shooting outside a church in Willesden, north London. The attack occurred on 14 December 2024 as around 100 mourners, including young children, gathered for a wake.
Perry Allen-Thomas and Amir Salem were found guilty of murder and two counts of attempted murder following a trial at the Old Bailey. The intended target was believed to be a rapper known as Trapstar Toxic, but Sadio, a legal administrator, was fatally shot. Two other men, Kenneth Amoah and Kadeem Francis, were injured; Amoah was paralysed below the waist.
The prosecution said the attackers used a stolen black Kia with false number plates, firing at least four shots into the crowd. After the shooting, the car was doused in petrol supplied by Salem and set alight. The gun, described as a “gang gun,” had been used in previous incidents.
Allen-Thomas and Salem were not present during the shooting but were found to have orchestrated it. Two other defendants, Shaquille Sutherland and Tahjin Sommersall, were acquitted. The judge remanded the convicted men into custody for sentencing at a later date.
