A hired spotter and getaway driver has been jailed for life over his role in a gangland shooting outside a restaurant in east London which left a girl with a bullet lodged in her brain.

Javon Riley, 33 was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday after being found guilty over his role in the gangland shooting at a restaurant on Kingsland High Street, Dalston that left the nine-year-old with a bullet lodged in her brain.

The 33-year-old was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

He was also found guilty of attempting to murder three men - Mustafa Kiziltan, 35, Kenan Aydogdu, 45, and Nasser Ali, 44 - who were sitting at tables outside the Evin Restaurant that night.

Javon Riley has been found guilty of his role in a shooting in Hackney, London | PA/MET POLICE