Three people have been treated by paramedics after a fire broke out at a flat in Rochdale. Crews raced to the property on Manchester Road after the blaze took hold shortly after 8.30pm this evening.
09.08.2023 - 15:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A rapper has been cleared of being involved in plotting a shooting after a gunman opened fire at a house. Olu Tunde Finni, known by his stage name Tunde, was a rising star in the music industry and had performed with other well known musicians including Moston born rapper Aitch.
He was accused of arranging a shooting in 'revenge' after his ex-girlfriend's car had been damaged. But a jury found him not guilty of a serious firearms offence, and he walked free from court as an innocent man. Four other men on trial were also acquitted of similar offences.
Jurors at Manchester Crown Court heard that the gunman opened fire at a house in Burnage on September 27, 2020. Prosecutors were unable to say who the man firing the gun was, but they claimed Mr Finni was involved in arranging the shooting.
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He was motivated by 'revenge' after his ex-partner's car had been 'bricked' about an hour earlier, it was alleged. The court heard the shooting was a case of 'mistaken identity'. No-one was hurt, after a bullet was fired into a window at head height.
Mr Finni's DNA was found on a bullet casing and a live round discovered at the scene by police. In the aftermath of the shooting some of Mr Finni's family had 'moved away from their homes'. Prosecutors claimed it showed that Mr Finni was 'afraid' that the incident 'would become a tit-for-tat'.
They also claimed that rap lyrics penned by Mr Finni showed that he had knowledge of 'what was going on' at the time. One message, composed on October 1, 2020, read: "Explain how war works and f**** with us, it's expensive, you can't tell the women in your family what's exactly going on but you have to
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