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Former Millwall striker Gavin Grant guilty of murder
A professional footballer has been found guilty of murdering a man on a north-west London estate.
Former Millwall striker Gavin Grant, 26, shot dead Leon Labastide on the Stonebridge Park Estate in Harlesden in 2004, the Old Bailey was told.
Grant, who also played for Wycombe Wanderers and Bradford City, was involved in a series of "tit-for-tat" shootings on the estate, jurors heard.
Grant, who had denied murder, is due to be sentenced on Monday.
Gareth Downie, 25, was also found guilty of murdering Mr Labastide and Damian Williams, 32, was convicted of conspiring with them to murder Mr Labastide.
The court heard that Mr Labastide's killing led to the murder of Jahmall Moore in 2005 and Grant's arrest.
Grant was later cleared of shooting Mr Moore, 22, who died in a hail of bullets fired by three gunmen.
He had also denied involvement in Mr Labastide's killing, claiming he was a friend, but was found guilty of murder following trials in December and this month.
Officers from Operation Trident, which investigates gun-crime in the black community, believe there were up to 30 connected shooting incidents in the area arising from the murders.
Following the arrests of Grant and others, officers said shootings fell by almost 50% in the area.
Det Insp Steve Horsley said: "Gavin Grant thought he had got away with murder.
"He carried on his footballing career while, all along, he had blood on his hands."
During the trial, Prosecutor Stephen Batten QC, said many of the people involved in the case had been linked to shootings and drug dealing on the estate.
He said: "Attitudes and standards are different. It is more the law of the jungle than the law of civilised England.
"You will hear about and see people whose behaviour will probably disgust you and make you wonder if there is any hope for the human race."
Roberto Parchment, 24, originally convicted of Mr Moore's murder, was found guilty again following a retrial in December.
He was jailed for life again and ordered to serve the remainder of his 28-year sentence.
Downie and Williams will also be sentenced on Monday.
