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| 'Wrong victim' murder pair guilty | 'Wrong victim' murder pair guilty |
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| Two men have been found guilty of murdering a 15-year-old boy who was shot dead as he slept at his home in south-east London. | Two men have been found guilty of murdering a 15-year-old boy who was shot dead as he slept at his home in south-east London. |
| Michael Dosunmu was shot four times when gunmen burst into the family home in Peckham in February 2007. | Michael Dosunmu was shot four times when gunmen burst into the family home in Peckham in February 2007. |
| The Old Bailey heard claims Michael was mistaken for his older brother who was to be killed in revenge for a murder. | The Old Bailey heard claims Michael was mistaken for his older brother who was to be killed in revenge for a murder. |
| Mohammed Sanoh, 19, from Peckham, and Abdi Omar Noor, 22, from Camberwell, south-east London, had denied murder. | Mohammed Sanoh, 19, from Peckham, and Abdi Omar Noor, 22, from Camberwell, south-east London, had denied murder. |
| Brother's guilt | |
| Michael was sleeping under a duvet in the bedroom he shared with his brother Hakeem, when Sanoh and Noor burst in and fired a sub-machine gun. | Michael was sleeping under a duvet in the bedroom he shared with his brother Hakeem, when Sanoh and Noor burst in and fired a sub-machine gun. |
| He was hit by four bullets - one of them fatally piercing his heart and killing him. That person had no chance of surviving Jonathan Laidlaw QC | |
| Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, said: "The intruders turned the light on and opened fire with a Mach-10 at a figure lying wrapped in a duvet. | Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, said: "The intruders turned the light on and opened fire with a Mach-10 at a figure lying wrapped in a duvet. |
| "That person had no chance of surviving. He had done nothing wrong. | "That person had no chance of surviving. He had done nothing wrong. |
| "It was a well-planned and well-executed execution. Over and above the shocking nature of this shooting, the tragedy is that these two defendants killed the wrong person." | "It was a well-planned and well-executed execution. Over and above the shocking nature of this shooting, the tragedy is that these two defendants killed the wrong person." |
| The court heard older brother Hakeem, 26, had been out at a club where he was trying to sell drugs when his church-going brother was killed. | |
| The jury were told his links to a robbery gang and the murder of one of the crooks led the gunmen to the Dosunmu family home. | |
| Hakeem Dosunmu was sentenced to two years jail in April for his part in the security van robberies. | |
| The judge reduced the sentence from five years after hearing that he blamed himself for Michael's death. | |
| The court was told that he "carries around with him the thought that it should have been him". |