Four men have been jailed after they tried to kill a man by firing shots through his car window.
Joseph Waters, 25 and accomplices Sahit Shehu, 31, Cleon Douglin, 37 and Lee Peppiat, 36, were jailed for a total of 57 years at Reading Crown Court today.
The gang were found guilty of various charges including attempted murder after firing seven shots through the rear window of the victim s Honda Jazz on October 16 2019.
They managed to shoot their 42-year-old victim in the shoulder, during the attack at around 3:30am in a quiet cul-de-sac in Reading, Berkshire.
The victim was taken to hospital and has since made a full recovery.
What happened? Shortly after midnight on October 16, 2019, Sahit Shehu, of Bunces Lane in Burghfield, was involved in a crash on Southampton Street. Witnesses reported seeing him shift a handgun from his damaged vehicle into a BMW X5 which arrived to pick him up. Inside the BMW X5 was Leigh Peppiatt, who took Shehu back to home before then taking the hand gun to Waters’ address in Laytom Rise, Tilehurst. A few hours later, Waters used the firearm , shooting it seven times into the back of a Honda Jazz intending to kill the 42-year-old victim sat inside. The flurry of gunshots hit the victim in the shoulder and he was rushed to hospital where he made a full recovery.
Cleon Douglin. TVP picture FOUR dangerous gunmen have been jailed after a terrifying attack in which the victim was shot at seven times. Joseph Waters, aged 25, of Laytom Rise in Tilehurst, has been sent down for 24 years for attempted murder after the shocking attack that happened near Reading s town centre. Reading Crown Court heard how Waters and his three accomplices were involved in the violent firearms offence in Southampton Street on October 16, 2019. A five-week trial heard how shortly after midnight one of the accomplices Sahit Shehu, 31, of Bunces Lane in Burghfield, was involved in a crash in Southampton Street. Witnesses reported seeing him shift a handgun from his damaged vehicle into a BMW X5 which arrived to pick him up.