Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
2 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
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Crime & Law
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A high-ranking London gangster has been jailed for life for orchestrating a gun attack outside a Turkish restaurant.
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gangster → rank → restaurant
On Friday, Gunduz refused to attend court and was jailed in his absence for life with a minimum term of 20 years.
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Gunduz → refuse → years
The judge read from Mr Guzel’s victim impact statement in which he had described his devastation at what happened.
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what → read → devastation
Mr Guzel stated: “The attack did far more than injuring me physically.
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attack → state → me
It has altered the course of my life.
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It → alter → life
It has taken my sense of safety.
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It → take → safety
“I’m trying every day to put the pieces back together but the truth is I am no longer the person I was before this happened.”
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this → try → pieces
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He had been sitting in the cafe minutes before the incident in which the girl was seriously injured.
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girl → read → which
Following a trial last year, hired spotter and getaway driver Javon Riley, 33, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 34 years for causing grievous harm with intent to the girl and attempting to murder three men.
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spotter → follow → men
The later shooting outside Umut 2000 came after the Hackney Turks had accused Mr Guzel’s family of paying the Tottenham Turks £100,000 and demanded the same amount.
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Turks → come → amount
Mr Guzel had been on a break from work and talking to his wife on the phone at around 10pm when he heard a “loud bang”.
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he → talk → bang
He told jurors: “I felt numb and I understood something was wrong with me.
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something → tell → me
“The first thing I done was I checked my chest and arms to see if I have been shot in the chest and arms.
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I → do → chest
“I lifted my shirt up and could see I had blood on my lower abdomen.”
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I → lift → abdomen
While still in intensive care, Mr Guzel requested police visit him so that he could tell them about two other shooting incidents in the weeks before which were blamed on the Tottenham Turks.
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which → request → Turks
Last April, his brother’s house was targeted and then two days later, five shots were fired at the restaurant at 2am when there was no-one there, he said.
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he → target → 2
In November 2024 Mr Guzel’s brother received a text message demanding £100,000 or “the heads will be blown off family members” and an image of a gun, jurors heard.
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jurors → receive → gun
At the time of the shooting near his brother’s home, his sister-in-law was pregnant, jurors heard.
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jurors → hear → home
But the attackers did not know where they lived and got the wrong address, with bullets going through a neighbour’s door.
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bullets → know → door
Afterwards, Mr Guzel’s father, who co-owned the restaurant, received a phone call now demanding £300,000 as the police had been notified, the court heard.
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court → co → 300,000
His sister-in-law also received a text message saying: “You made it worse by letting the police know and now we are going to ask for more.
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we → receive → more
“We are going to do another shooting.
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We → go → shooting
Mr Guzel told jurors that his family never paid any money to gangs.
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family → tell → gangs
Gunduz denied being involved in the shooting of Mr Guzel, who he knew as he regularly ate at the restaurant.
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he → deny → restaurant
He had previous convictions dating back to 2008 including for having an offensive weapon in public, drugs, using threatening words or behaviour, assaulting a constable, and twice damaging a roulette machine after losing money.
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He → have → money
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