Four drug dealers have
been found guilty of ambushing and stabbing to death two rivals to steal their
client list.
Aaron Carriere, 21,
and Josiah Manful, 20, were lured to a quiet residential road in Leytonstone,
east London, where they were "boxed in" by four cars.
They were then stabbed
24 times in less than a minute.
Although there were
drugs and cash in the car, only one item was stolen - a phone containing their
drug dealing "client list".
Gang
members Devonte Campbell, Casey Jones, Alex Bernard and Omar Hassan were
all found guilty of two counts of murder and will be sentenced later.
Opening the murder
trial last year, prosecutor Lisa Wilding QC said the victims were subjected to
a "swift, frenzied, utterly brutal attack" in their black Ford Fiesta
on Montague Road.
Despite suffering 11
wounds, Mr Manful managed to get out of the driver's seat to call for help
before collapsing.
Both men were
pronounced dead at the scene following the attack on 1 March last year.
Each of the defendants
played their part in the murders, with some wielding knives, some lending
support through physical intimidation and others acting as getaway drivers.
Afterwards, some of
the defendants tried to evade capture by dumping cars and fleeing the country.
Mr Carriere was a
"successful drugs dealer" who traded in crack cocaine, heroin and
cannabis in Leytonstone, jurors heard.
Unbeknown to him, he
was the subject of an undercover police probe.
Mr Manful had
apparently been worried for his safety and had stashed a lock knife in his
boxer shorts, the court heard.
Campbell, Jones,
Bernard, and Hassan, all from east London, denied two counts of murder.
Fellow east Londoners
Wail Alawi, 23, Abraar Amin, 18, and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named for
legal reasons, were cleared.
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