{"id":836,"date":"2025-07-23T16:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/?p=836"},"modified":"2025-07-24T12:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:27:23","slug":"five-gang-members-face-life-sentences-for-double-murder-at-rap-video-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/five-gang-members-face-life-sentences-for-double-murder-at-rap-video-shoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Five gang members face life sentences for double murder at rap video shoot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leonardo Reid, 15 (right), and Klevi Shekaj, 23 (left), were stabbed to death in the street when the mob of masked knifemen descended on the event (Pictures: PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Five machete gang members face life sentences for the \u2018senseless\u2019 murders of two men during a music video shoot.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leonardo Reid, 15, and Klevi Shekaj, 23, were stabbed to death in the street when the mob of masked knifemen descended on the event in Archway, north London<\/a>, mistaking them for rivals on the night of June 29, 2023.<\/p>\n

A third victim, 28-year-old Abdullah Abdullahi, was lucky to survive after suffering several serious wounds, which left him with a punctured lung, two broken ribs and a fractured diaphragm among other injuries.<\/p>\n

Lorik Lupqi, 21; Jason Furtado, 28; Abel Chunda, 29; Xavier Poponne, 22; and Eden Clark, 31, were all convicted of double murder and attempted murder.<\/p>\n

Previously, prosecutor Jacob Hallam KC had described how a large group had gathered on the Elthorne Estate to record a music video for an artist called Tight Road Baby.<\/p>\n

The atmosphere was said to be happy although the volume had irritated some of the neighbours and police had attended at about 10.20pm.<\/p>\n

The crowd eventually dispersed leaving several youths in the area.<\/p>\n

Lupqi and Furtado had allegedly called for the attack and enlisted Chunda, Clark and Poponne to help.<\/p>\n

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Lorik Lupqi, one of a group of five men, who killed two people they mistook for rival gang members in Archway (Picture: Metropolitan Police\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Xavier Poponne was also convicted of the double murder (Picture: Metropolitan Police\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jason Furtado also took part in the attack (Picture: Metropolitan Police\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupqi booked a taxi to pick up the three men from the area of Furtado\u2019s home address in Canonbury, north London, telling the firm: \u2018I\u2019m in a little bit of a rush.\u2019<\/p>\n

They had donned masks and were armed as they travelled to the Elthorne Estate where they met Lupqi.<\/p>\n

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