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A man has been found guilty of shooting a pregnant woman in an execution-style killing outside her south London home. | A man has been found guilty of shooting a pregnant woman in an execution-style killing outside her south London home. |
Thomas Hughes, 40, of Stonells Road in Clapham, south-west London, had denied murdering 22-year-old Krystal Hart outside her Battersea flat. | Thomas Hughes, 40, of Stonells Road in Clapham, south-west London, had denied murdering 22-year-old Krystal Hart outside her Battersea flat. |
Miss Hart, who was two months' pregnant, was shot twice in the head on doorstep of her home in Belleville Road on Good Friday last April. | Miss Hart, who was two months' pregnant, was shot twice in the head on doorstep of her home in Belleville Road on Good Friday last April. |
The killing was said to be in revenge for a petty row between neighbours. | |
It is claimed Hughes, a petty criminal and drug dealer, carried out the killing hours after Miss Hart's boyfriend, David Siveter, had written down his car registration. | |
Miss Hart had lived in housing association flat for about a year but soon after moving in she fell out with her downstairs "neighbour from hell" Angie Brewer, 53. | |
The court heard there was on ongoing county court action between the two women who had both installed CCTV to gather evidence against each other. | |
During the trial jurors were shown CCTV in which the sound of two gunshots could be heard and Hughes could be seen hurrying away. | During the trial jurors were shown CCTV in which the sound of two gunshots could be heard and Hughes could be seen hurrying away. |