Hitman executed student, court told

A hitman executed a student then chased his friend and shot him in the groin, the Old Bailey heard.

Daniel Turvey, 22, is said to have waited for the pair as they walked home from a nightclub.

He killed Galal Hamza, 25, with a single bullet to the head then shot Abdul Aziz through his thigh and buttock, it is claimed.

Sudanese IT student Mr Hamza and his friend were shot while walking home from the My Place nightclub in Earls Court on 18 April last year.

Jeremy Donne QC, prosecuting, said there was no known motive for the killing but claimed it was carefully planned. The only known link between victim and killer was that they frequented the same area.

The jury heard that Turvey had been identified in CCTV images.

Turvey, of Whistler Walk, Worlds End Estate, West Brompton, denies murder and attempted murder.

The trial continues.