Allen-Thomas, Salem Get Life for 2024 Wake Drive-By Murder, With 38- and 26-Year Minimums
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Updated · BBC.com · May 20
Allen-Thomas, Salem Get Life for 2024 Wake Drive-By Murder, With 38- and 26-Year Minimums
9 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 20
Perry Allen-Thomas, 27, and Amir Salem, 20, were jailed for life at the Old Bailey for murdering Michelle Sadio in a drive-by shooting outside a Willesden church wake on Dec. 14, 2024.
Mrs Justice McGowan said the attack was planned and intended to kill, after a car pulled up and four shots were fired into a group of mourners outside the River of Life Pentecostal Church.
Michelle Sadio, 44, a mother of two, was caught in the crossfire and died at the scene; Kenneth Amoah was left paralysed below the waist and Kadeem Francis suffered a foot injury.
Allen-Thomas must serve at least 38 years and Salem at least 26 years before parole can be considered, reflecting the court's view of the shooting as a "terrifying tragedy."
In a victim statement, widower Jean Marie Sadio said his wife was the family's "pillar" and that their two children still ask for her perfume so they can smell her.
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