Two jailed after drive-by shooting on high street

Two men have been jailed after another man was left with serious injuries to his head and shoulder in a drive-by shooting.

The victim, in his 20s, was hit by one of two gunshots that were fired as he was driving a VW Golf at the junction of West Bromwich High Street and Trinity Way on the morning of the 1 May last year.

Adyan Hussain, 22, was driving a Vauxhall Mokka when he fired. Ahead of the attack, he was dropped off on Leopard Lane by Naveed Hussain, 23, driving a different car, West Midlands Police said

Adyan Hussain was sentenced to 11 years and three months and Naveed Hussain to four years at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

The victim "was left with shotgun injuries to his shoulder and the back of his head but survived the attack," officers said.

In the moments leading up to the shooting, Adyan Hussain drove off in the Mokko and changed its number plates, before driving to the scene, the force said.

After the attack, he dumped the car in Oldbury then both men collected it the following day and changed its plates for a second time.

Adyan Hussain, of Salisbury Road, West Bromwich, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, and was sentenced to 11 years and three months at a hearing on 4 November.

Naveed Hussain, of Ida Road, West Bromwich, admitted assisting an offender and on 9 January, was sentenced to four years in prison.

Det Insp Francis Nock said: "We have not been able to establish a motive for this attack, and it's worrying that those involved felt they could use such violence on the streets of the West Midlands.

"Guns have no place on the streets of the West Midlands, and our detectives and firearms officers work closely with local policing officers to build a picture of those involved in gun crime so that we can take them off the streets and put them behind bars."

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