Horror moment shooter opens fire on beloved dad in case of mistaken identity
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This is the horror moment CCTV captures a gunman opening fire on a beloved dad-of-two in a horrific case of mistaken identity. Jake Brown, 23, was on an e-bike when he fired four gunshots at 19-year-old Kevin Pokuta, who was in a car with his brother, on Page Hall Road in Sheffield in the early hours of December 12 last year.
Unknown to Brown, the people inside the car are not the ones who drove at him earlier on the night as he and his mates tried to rob a cannabis farm. Brown was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 36 years at Sheffield Crown Court on Monday, December 16. He was previously found guilty of murder, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm, conspiracy to rob, two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, YorkshireLive reported.
His co-defendants, Lester Ramsey, 25, formerly of Skelton Close, Leon Waite, 27, formerly of Denholme Close, Adam Mulligan, 33, of High Hazel Crescent, and a 17-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons, were convicted of conspiracy to rob. The Honourable Mr Justice Lavender told the court as he passed sentence on Monday: "Shortly before midnight on 11th December, 2023, five of you with others went to Barretta Street. You, Adam Mulligan, remained in your van. The rest went into Page Hall Road with the intent of stealing cannabis from 109.
"You Jake Brown were in possession of a firearm. I sentence the others on the basis you were unaware he had that one. You were prevented [from robbing the cannabis] when a car drove at you and you Jake Brown discharged the firearm. You Jake Brown and two others later went back with a different firearm and saw what you mistakenly thought was the car from earlier and fired four bullets.
