Mrs Lorna Campbell (right) grieves for her brother and niece

At the service for the schoolgirl and her father, Bertram Byfield, Bishop Derek Webley called on criminals in the black community to end the cycle of violence and drug-dealing.

Toni-Ann was shot in the back on 14 September at a bedsit in Kensal Green, north-west London, as she tried to flee a gunman who had killed her father.

The funeral on Friday took place at the New Testament Church of God in Birmingham and was followed by a burial service at nearby Handsworth Cemetery.

Bishop Webley told the congregation of about 200 that black communities should not settle for the negative images often portrayed just because a minority were caught up in gun crime.

She was my little angel and she was taken from me in the most dreadful way Marcia Ashley, Toni-Ann's godmother

"We don't need to fight ourselves, we need to fight the enemy - we need to fight injustice, we need to fight oppression," said the minister at the end of the two hour service.

"The overwhelming majority of black people, African-Caribbean people, are law-abiding citizens who contribute to this society, who have moral values.

"Yes, we may slip but so does everyone else, we must not settle for the negative images that are projected because of the few.

"We need to realise that we cannot remain on the path of destruction, we must rise against evil, we must rise against destruction."

Bishop Webley also said there was a danger that people would become immune to the increasing number of shootings.

Toni-Ann had previously lived in Birmingham

"When I looked at that child lying there, I thought 'have we stooped to this level where someone pulled a gun on a child and then not had the conscience to come forward?'"

During the service, which was attended by Toni-Ann's mother Christine Richards who lives in Jamaica, tributes were paid to the seven-year-old and her father.

Marcia Ashley, Toni-Ann's godmother, said: "She was my little angel and she was taken from me in the most dreadful way."

Police are still hunting the killer who shot the father and daughter and are offering a �20,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest.

Detectives believe Mr Byfield, a convicted drug dealer, may have been the target of a professional assassin who then shot the youngster after she witnessed the murder.

Jermaine Byfield, Toni-Ann's brother, read from the Bible

Toni-Ann was in the care of Birmingham Social Services when she died and had previously lived in the city.

She had been visiting her father for the weekend, but normally stayed with relatives in London during the week.

Birmingham City Council has promised a review of the management of her care.

According to post-mortem examinations Mr Bertram died after being shot twice and Toni-Ann was shot once in the back.

Four people have been arrested and released on bail following the murders.