The 14-year-old gunman convicted of murdering schoolboy Keon Lincoln can now be identified as Yussuf Mustapha.

Keon was pronounced dead at Birmingham Children’s Hospital around two hours after being subjected to a ‘short but brutal’ gang attack outside his home in Linwood Road, Handsworth, on January 21.

Five teenagers convicted in relation to the 15-year-old’s killing are being sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court.

Mustapha, who was named after the judge lifted an order protecting his identity, was found guilty of murder alongside a 16-year-old boy and 18-year-olds Tahjgeem Breakenridge and Michael Ugochukwu, while a fifth teen, Kieron Donaldson, also 18, was convicted of manslaughter.

The 14-year-old was also convicted of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, while the 16-year-old, Breakenridge and Ugochukwu were further convicted of having an offensive weapon.

Jurors heard Keon suffered eight sharp force injuries and a fatal injury to his abdomen from one of two gunshots fired in Linwood Road at about 3.35pm on January 21.

Breakenridge, of Balsall Heath; Ugochukwu, of Edgbaston; and the youth from Walsall were all caught on CCTV armed with long-bladed knives.

Detectives have said there is no evidence to suggest territorial gang rivalries were linked to the killing, and they could not say whether Keon was specifically targeted or if he was attacked ‘by chance’.

Pastor Neville Popo, a friend of Keon’s family, had called for an end to a so-called ‘postcode war’ at a vigil shortly after the murder.

Speaking after Keon’s killers were brought to justice, the pastor said the family were still trying to understand why he was attacked.

Describing Keon as a bubbly character who loved pranks and dancing, the clergyman said: ‘From then until now we’re still trying to come to terms with why – we still don’t know.

‘The crime that was committed on Keon is heinous, it’s diabolical, it’s unnecessary, it never needed to happen. We are trying come to terms with that and just want closure.

‘It helps his mother to at least feel a bit more peace to know that those who did the crime are now behind bars.’

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