12:45PM, Monday 16 April 2012
A convicted burglar has been handed a five-year prison sentence for his role in a double shooting at Fantasy Fine Line tattoo parlour inMaidenhead.
Sean Fury, 29, from Essex Close, Luton, appeared at Reading Crown Court this morning as the final member of the gun gang responsible for the attack in St Mark's Road on April 11 last year.
He had previously admitted conspiring to supply a controlled drug and did not stand trial over the shootings, which left two men injured.
Anthony Cooke, Leon Dorman, Joseph Gentle and Drizz James weregiven prison sentences at the same court on February 9for their roles in the 'drug deal gone wrong'.
This morning Judge Zoe Smith was told Fury knew some of the gang from prison, where he had served time for burglary in the past.
He was serving a community order at the time of the shootings but got involved in the £50,000 cocaine deal in the hope the money he could make would allow him to make a fresh start.
His role was as an 'introducer' between the parties involved in the deal, and although he admitted travelling to Maidenhead and wasseen on CCTVhe claims he was unaware the ensuing robbery was planned.
Fury was given credit for entering an early plea, for offering to give evidence at the trial - although this did not happen as he was later deemed unreliable as a witness - and for giving police the name of Drizz James.
He was sentenced to five years; of which he is expected to serve two-and-a-half, minus the 333 days he has already spent in custody.
Today's sentencing was the last in a case which involved more than 100 police officers from multiple forces and took nine months to make it to trial.
Read the Advertiser's reports of how the trial in January unfolded below:
Report 1: Jury sworn in at Maidenhead shooting trial
Report 2: Court hears shooting was result of a confrontation over drugs
Report 3: Shooting victim gives evidence
Report 4: Shooting victim is accused of carrying a gun
Report 5: Second shooting victim gives evidence via videolink
Report 6: Victim questioned over bullet found in car
Report 7: Photos showing cash on a phone shown in court
Report 8: Defence barrister compares Crown's case to jigsaw puzzle
Report 9: Jury in shooting trial retires to consider verdicts
Report 10: Jury in shooting trial can return majority verdicts
Report 11: Shooting trial adjourned until Monday
Report 12: Jury returns four verdicts in shooting trial
Report 13: Four men to be sentenced over Maidenhead shooting
Report 14: Gang sentenced for Maidenhead shootings
Report 15: CCTV released of shooting gang members
Report 16: Tattoo parlour shootings investigation praisedEditor's Picks
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