dec 14, 2023 - Wolverhampton Shooting

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Three men have been convicted of attempted murder after two children, including an 11-year-old girl playing on a climbing frame, were shot.

The girl and boy, 15, were hit and injured in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting involving armed gangs near a playground in Wolverhampton.

Kian Durnin, 22, Martinho De-Sousa, 24, and Tireq McIntosh, 23, were convicted at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday.

Prosecutors said the men had been aiming at the occupants of another car.

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