Cycle-riding teenager shot man in the chest in street revenge attack

A gun-toting cyclist who shot a man in the chest in revenge for an earlier altercation has been handed a jail sentence of more than 18 years.

- by Nick Frame

Teenager Mohammed Malik then rode off and fled the country, boarding a flight to Thailand.

He was arrested on his return to the UK weeks later after police pieced together CCTV from around the scene in Meanwood that helped identify him.

Leeds Crown Court heard the victim was lucky not to be killed or suffer life-changing injuries after the bullet exited through his right arm, missing vital organs.

Malik, of Stonegate Edge, Meanwood, was handed an extended sentence of 18 years and six months after he admitted Section 18 GBH with intent.

He was previously charged with attempted murder and was due to stand trial, but a guilty plea to Section 18 was later accepted by the Crown.

The 19-year-old appeared in court for sentencing this week from HMP Doncaster where he was being held on remand.

Judge Tom Bayliss KC told him: "Your motive is maybe gang related. I'm quite sure you armed yourself knowing the gun was loaded and capable of lethal force.