From left: Jayden McGibbon, Sichem Mangituka-Mpelo and Robel Micheal

A SHOOTING victim’s family say that convictions don’t ease the pain of losing a son.

Taylor Cox, 19, was fatally shot in Hornsey Rise Gardens, near Crouch Hill, on a Tuesday afternoon in broad daylight two years ago.

On Friday at the Old Bailey, Jayden Mc­Gibbon, Sichem Mangituka-Mpelo and Robel Micheal, all 22, were found guilty of his murder.

Mr Cox’s father, David Campbell, said: “The whole family are grateful that we have come to this conclusion and are thankful for the efforts of the police in all the work they did to convict the defendants.

“Despite the guilty verdict, it still doesn’t help the pain that knowing we won’t see Taylor again causes us.”

According to police, the suspects fled the scene after the shooting.

In an effort to help him evade arrest, Mr McGibbon’s girlfriend, Dunia Oukili, bought him a mobile phone and booked him a hotel room.

Mr McGibbon was arrested four days after the murder and charged.

Police said they also found spent bullet cartridge cases in Ms Oukili’s handbag that matched the gun used for the shooting. Ms Oukili, from Camden, has been convicted of perverting the course of justice.

Taylor Cox

Officers added that they found CCTV footage of Mr McGibbon on a bicycle and putting on a balaclava shortly before shots were reportedly fired. Ambulance services and police attended the scene where they found Mr Cox, who was from Barnet, with bullet wounds but still alive.

He was then rushed to hospital via an air ambulance where he died a short time later.

A post-mortem found the cause of death to be a gunshot wound to the head.

Detective Chief Inspector Linda Bradley, from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said: “This was a targeted attack on a young man who should have had the rest of his life ahead of him.

“It saddens me to see so many young lives cut short by violence on the streets of our capital and I hope these convictions, and the loss of freedom the defendants are about to face, serve as a warning to any others who think that conflict of any kind can be resolved with weapons and violence.

“My thoughts are with Taylor’s family. While nothing can bring him back, I hope that today’s guilty verdicts bring them a degree of satisfaction.”

The three men have been remanded in custody and will be sentenced at the Old Bailey in December.

Police are encouraging anyone who has information about violent crime to contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. They do not ask for your name and cannot trace your call or IP address.

Any young people who have information about violence or knife crime can visit www.fearless.org where they can pass on information anonymously – your IP address will not be traced. Fearless is part of the Crimestoppers charity, and is also independent of the police.