RAPPER SON OF MARK DUGGAN WHOSE DEATH SPARKED LONDON RIOTS FACES JAIL
The drill rapping son of Mark Duggan whose death started the London riots faces jail after his DNA was found on a semi-automatic pistol.
A court heard Kemani Duggan, 23, is a ‘high-ranking gang member' whose fingerprints came up on a 7.62mm Tokarev calibre Zastava Arms model M57 self-loading pistol.
Prosecutors accused Duggan of possessing the gun and 22 rounds of ammunition with intent to endanger life but accepted pleas to the lesser charge of having the firearm with the intent to cause fear of violence.
Duggan who performs under the name Bandokay faces a lengthy jail sentence after admitting the charge at the Old Bailey.
He appeared in the dock alongside Abdou Bojang, 22, who pleaded guilty to possessing the weapon and ammunition.
The gun and ammunition were found in a communal car park beneath a block of flats where Bojang lived in Wenlock Road, Hackney.
The pair will be sentenced of Friday by Judge Philip Katz KC.
Prosecutor Tom Parker described Duggan as a ‘high-ranking member of the gang’ while Bojang was minding the firearm.
Bojang was not home when police searched his home on 21 March last year.
He had tried to call both his family and neighbour before officers found a yellow plastic bag containing the gun and 22 rounds of live ammunition in the car park.
Bojang had also called Duggan repeatedly during the search, saying the ‘feds’ were in his block of flats and he might get ‘nicked’, the court heard.
He also forwarded Duggan a video of police outside his address along with a photo of the search warrant.
Duggan’s DNA was later found on top of the handgun and images of the weapon were found on his phone following his arrest at Gatwick Airport on January 13 this year.
Duggan was ten years old when his father Mark was gunned down by a police officer in Tottenham, North London on 4 August, 2011.
Officers believed Mark, 29, had a handgun with him while he was travelling in a mini-cab and one was found a few feet away from him after he was shot through the chest.
An inquest into the shooting found the killing was a lawful one to the anger of Mark's family.
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