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| Boy's killers must serve 30 years | Boy's killers must serve 30 years |
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| Two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey for murdering a 15-year-old boy as he slept at his south-east London home. | Two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey for murdering a 15-year-old boy as he slept at his south-east London home. |
| Mohammed Sannoh, 19, from Peckham, and Abdi Omar Noor, 22, from Camberwell, burst into Michael Dosunmu's room in Peckham and shot him in February 2007. | Mohammed Sannoh, 19, from Peckham, and Abdi Omar Noor, 22, from Camberwell, burst into Michael Dosunmu's room in Peckham and shot him in February 2007. |
| Michael, who was mistaken for his older brother Hakeem, was shot four times with a MAC-10 machine pistol. | Michael, who was mistaken for his older brother Hakeem, was shot four times with a MAC-10 machine pistol. |
| Sannoh and Noor were each sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison. | Sannoh and Noor were each sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison. |
| 'Shock and sympathy' | 'Shock and sympathy' |
| Judge Stephen Kramer told them: "This was a planned and premeditated killing. It was an execution. | Judge Stephen Kramer told them: "This was a planned and premeditated killing. It was an execution. |
| Michael Dosunmu's mother on the verdict | |
| "You both, quite probably acting with another person or others, carried out this killing in an act of revenge. | "You both, quite probably acting with another person or others, carried out this killing in an act of revenge. |
| "It was a death that could only invoke in all right-minded people feelings of outrage, shock and sympathy for Michael's family." | "It was a death that could only invoke in all right-minded people feelings of outrage, shock and sympathy for Michael's family." |
| The trial had heard the men had wanted to kill Hakeem in revenge for a murder. | The trial had heard the men had wanted to kill Hakeem in revenge for a murder. |
| It was his links to a robbery gang and the murder of one of their members that led the gunmen to the family home. | It was his links to a robbery gang and the murder of one of their members that led the gunmen to the family home. |
| 'Reform their lives' | 'Reform their lives' |
| Former soldier Hakeem, who fell into a life of crime after serving in Iraq, was at a club dealing drugs when his church-going brother was killed. | Former soldier Hakeem, who fell into a life of crime after serving in Iraq, was at a club dealing drugs when his church-going brother was killed. |
| Michael's devout Christian family said they were standing by Hakeem, while his mother, Shakira, said she bore no grudges against the gunmen. | Michael's devout Christian family said they were standing by Hakeem, while his mother, Shakira, said she bore no grudges against the gunmen. |
| She said: "I have forgiven them from the bottom of my heart. They must reform their lives and then good luck to them." | She said: "I have forgiven them from the bottom of my heart. They must reform their lives and then good luck to them." |
| The family said Michael's murder had been like "stabbing us in the heart". | The family said Michael's murder had been like "stabbing us in the heart". |
| Sannoh and Noor had denied murder. | Sannoh and Noor had denied murder. |