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| Youth guilty of shoot-out murder | Youth guilty of shoot-out murder |
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| A teenager has been found guilty of killing a nursing care assistant who was caught in crossfire during a shoot-out with another youth. | A teenager has been found guilty of killing a nursing care assistant who was caught in crossfire during a shoot-out with another youth. |
| Magda Pniewska, 26, was shot in the head in New Cross, south London, in October last year. | Magda Pniewska, 26, was shot in the head in New Cross, south London, in October last year. |
| Armel Gnango, 17, said he let off a couple of shots into the air to scare the other youth off. | |
| He was found guilty of murder, attempted murder and possessing a gun to endanger life. | |
| The second teenager was also arrested but not charged, the Old Bailey heard. | The second teenager was also arrested but not charged, the Old Bailey heard. |
| Last breath | |
| Ms Pniewska had been talking to her sister Elzbieta Luby in Poland on her mobile phone when she was shot and died. | Ms Pniewska had been talking to her sister Elzbieta Luby in Poland on her mobile phone when she was shot and died. |
| Giving evidence, Ms Luby said she heard three or four shots before she heard her sister's "last breath". | Giving evidence, Ms Luby said she heard three or four shots before she heard her sister's "last breath". |
| Gnango, whose gun did not fire the fatal bullet, said he shot at the other youth to "scare him off". | |
| I put my hands over my head as I was crouching and let off a shot," he told the court. | |
| "It was not more than two shots. I was aiming at the sky." | |
| He added: "I had never shot a gun before. I was panicking. I was trying to scare him off." |