Sasha Johnson shooting: case against four men collapses
Judge records not-guilty verdicts for those charged with targeting Black Lives Matter activist
Haroon Siddique, Vikram Dodd and agency
Tue 22 Feb 2022 14.29 ESTFirst published on Tue 22 Feb 2022 10.34 EST
The case against four men charged over the shooting of the Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson has collapsed, after the prosecution announced it would not be offering any evidence against them.
Johnson, a mother of two, was shot in the head at a 30th birthday party in Peckham, south London, on 23 May last year.
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The court heard that Johnson remains in hospital with “catastrophic permanent damage”, in a serious but stable condition.
Prince Dixon, 25, Troy Reid, 20, Cameron Deriggs, 19, and Devonte Brown, 19, had denied conspiracy to murder, possession of a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life.
They were due to stand trial on 7 March but at an Old Bailey hearing on Tuesday the prosecution announced the Crown would not be pursuing the case.
Johnson, 28, is a founding member of the Taking the Initiative party and came to prominence in 2020 as protests for racial justice sprang up across Britain.
She was struck by a single bullet just before 3am at a silent disco in the garden of a house in Peckham.