Gang 'shot man who defied them'

A partygoer at the Notting Hill carnival was shot dead for standing up against bullying by a gang known as the Love Lords, the Old Bailey heard today.

Lee Subaran, 27, was shot through the neck while dancing at a party in Kensal Green after the carnival last August, the jury was told. Five members of Harlesden-based Mus Love Crew, also known as the Love Lords, had arrived carrying firearms.

Rebecca Poulet QC, prosecuting, said the victim's brother, Tyrone, believed he was killed because of a twoyearold grudge dating from when Mr Subaran had stood up to a gang member who was bullying someone he knew.

Mrs Poulet told the jury the five defendants were charged with murder because it was a gang attack. Leon Roberts, 27, of Kingsbury, Tafari Dacas, 29, Shane Taylor, 27, both of Willesden, Tunde Thomas, 30, of Kensal Green, and Jermaine Labastide, 26, from Brixton, all deny murder and firearms charges.

The case continues.