A victim impact statement was also read out on behalf of Sadio’s father, who said that his daughter was “a brilliant mother, a leader and incredibly intelligent” but added that their lives “had crumbled”.
Sadio had gone to the wake, mainly attended by members of the Ghanaian community, to honour the life of 80-year-old Dianne Boatong who had died 10 days earlier.
Children as young as five were in the crowd at the time of the shooting, in which two men were injured. Transport for London contractor Kenneth Amoah, 39, was hit in the back and left paralysed, while self-employed Kadeem Francis, 32, received a foot injury.
The intended target was said to have been a rapper called Trapstar Toxic, real name Adetokunbo Ajibola, 33, who was at the event, the court heard.