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Pregnant woman's killer convicted | Pregnant woman's killer convicted |
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A man has been found guilty of shooting dead a pregnant woman in an "execution" after a row between neighbours. | |
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 the doorstep of her home in Belleville Road, on Good Friday last April. | |
Hughes was said to have carried out the killing in revenge for the row. | |
Aftab Jafferjee, prosecuting, said: "The killing took place against a background of a long-running and ugly neighbour dispute that had been festering for some months. | |
"It can only be described as an execution." | |
CCTV installed | |
Miss Hart had lived her 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 Old Bailey heard. | |
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 during a row in the front garden with Miss Brewer. | |
After the argument Miss Brewer called the police to complain and then telephoned Hughes, who later returned with a gun. | |
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. | 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. |