Tetevi acted for the second defendant, instructed by Linda Okoli of Titan Solicitors.
Following a four-week trial at the Old Bailey, the jury unanimously acquitted Tetevi’s client of possession of a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life and causing Grievous Bodily Harm with intent (s.18). The trial involved complex issues of joint enterprise, forensic evidence and telephone and cell-site evidence.
The case arose out of an attempted drive-by shooting of UK rapper “Giggs” (Jason Neville Thompson) following a highly publicised performance with popular social media DJ “DJ AG” in Peckham in 2025. A bystander was struck in the foot and suffered life-changing injuries.
The Prosecution contended that the Defendant had carried out reconnaissance of the scene shortly before the incident and had entered the mission vehicle to report back to the shooters, which included the Co-defendant. The Defendant accepted briefly entering the vehicle, however maintained that this was to have an innocent conversation with the Co-defendant, who was his cousin. He also denied “reccying” the scene.
Through careful analysis of the call, message and Google location data from the Defendant’s telephone as well as the available forensic evidence, Tetevi successfully challenged the suggestion that the Defendant had been involved in any plan to shoot Giggs. Cross-examination of the Gangs Expert also established that the Defendant was not part of, or associated with, a gang. In his closing speech to the jury, Tetevi commented on the dangers of stereotyping when assessing “gangs evidence”.
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