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Man guilty in dancer murder case Man found guilty of dancer murder
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A man has been found guilty of murdering a teenage dancer shot in the head at a party in north London.A man has been found guilty of murdering a teenage dancer shot in the head at a party in north London.
Annaka Pinto, 17, from Upper Edmonton, was dancing with an all-girl group at the Swan pub in Tottenham when a row broke out in June 2007. Annaka Pinto, 17, from Upper Edmonton, had been dancing with an all-girl group at the Swan pub in Tottenham when a row broke out in June 2007.
The teenager was shot in the side of the head. Triston Walker, 22, from Tottenham, had denied her murder. Triston Walker, 22, from Tottenham, shot Annaka when the dancing finished and the lights came on, jurors heard.
The court heard that the argument followed a dispute with an ex-member of the dance group, known as X-Squad. The Old Bailey was told the shooting followed a dispute with an ex-member of the dance group, known as X-Squad.
'Ill-feeling'
Miss Pinto, also known as Rella, danced at functions and parties as a member of the group.
David Jeremy QC, prosecuting, said "ill-feeling" between the group and ex-member Lasticia Manning built up in the days before the shooting.
Miss Manning, her sister Simone and Walker - who was Simone's boyfriend - were present when X-Squad performed at the pub on 23 June 2007.
Mr Jeremy said: "The dance came to an end and the lights came on about five o'clock in the morning. People started to leave."
Walker claimed the gun went off by accident
"Some sort of fight" then broke out between members of Walker's group and X-Squad, the court heard.
Seconds before the shooting, CCTV filmed Walker with a gun in his hand and two people trying to grapple with him.
Mr Jeremy said: "He broke free and headed for the exit. Shortly after that, as he retreated through the doorway, he fired the shot that killed Annaka Pinto."
She died later in hospital from brain damage.
Walker, who claimed the gun went off accidentally, fled London after the shooting and was arrested in Oxford a month later.
Ricardo Lumsden, 32, from Edmonton, was convicted of assisting an offender. Simone Manning, 19, also from Edmonton, was cleared of the same charge.
A verdict has not yet been reached on Marlon Golding, 25, from Tottenham, who was also charged with assisting an offender.
Walker and Lumsden will return to court on Friday.