Pictured: Moment gangsters on bicycles opened fire on police officers in unmarked car

Gang members shot at unmarked police car while searching for rivals

All three denied involvement claiming they were not at the scene

They have now been convicted after a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court



This is the dramatic moment three thugs opened fire on an unmarked police car as they hunted down rival gang members.



Ricardo Miles, 21, Daniel Ikumelo, 23, and Adebola Alimi, 22, cycled through the streets of Hackney, east London, armed with a gun searching for enemies in a gangland feud.



When an unmarked police car pulled up alongside the trio, Miles turned and fired the .45 revolver at the officers. Fortunately the bullet hit the ground in front of the vehicle.



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The dramatic moment Ricardo Miles opens fire on an unmarked police car as he and two other gangsters cycle through the streets of Hackney looking for rivals

Ricardo Miles (left) and Daniel Ikumelo (right) are among the three gang members who have been convicted of possessing a colt calibre revolver with the intent to endanger life, possessing ammunition and possessing a knife

The gang members, including Adebola Alimi (pictured) were cycling through the streets of Hackney, east London, when the incident took place

Miles then tried to fire again, but the weapon jammed and he pointed it threateningly at officers as they sped off. They abandoned their bikes and threw away the weapon before fleeing over a footbridge on January 10 last year.



Miles, from Enfield, Ikumelo, from Islington and Alimi, from Hackney, are facing years behind bars after they were convicted of possessing a colt calibre revolver with the intent to endanger life, possessing ammunition and possessing a knife after a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

They were remanded in custody ahead of sentence on July 5.

All three had denied involvement, claiming they were not at the scene of the shooting.

The court heard the trio, members of Hackney's Certified Southwold Road gang, had been looking for rivals from the Gilpin Square gang.

PC Richard Gilbert spotted the group acting suspiciously at around 11.30pm and approached them in the unmarked police care with another officer in the passenger seat.

'They were all fiddling with their waists, and I assumed they were going to drop something, or hide something, which is often the case,' he said.



'As they were doing that the male in the white produced a handgun and fired a shot towards us into the ground. There was a loud bang, a flash and then sparks just in front of the car where we were.



'I put the vehicle in reverse and tried to put some distance between us and the males in question. The male in white continued to point the gun towards us over his shoulder as they cycled away.'

Jurors were played CCTV of the three males firing at the car from only metres away in Mandeville Street, Homerton before fleeing over a footbridge towards Hackney Marshes.



They also dropped a knife at the scene, less than half a mile from the Olympic Park, the court heard.

Prosecutor Julian Jones said: 'These defendants were riding out into the Gilpin Square territory with the intention to endanger the lives of rival gang members.'



They were arrested in May 2012 after a long police investigation.

After firing at the unmarked police car, the gun jams when they attempt to shoot again

The trio then attempt to flee on their bicycles as the police car reverses after being shot at

CCTV footage then shows one of the riders falling off his bike after he hits a fence and then running away

Jurors were read Blackberry phone messages between the defendants in the days after the incident saying they were 'on the run' because of 'madness'.

The messages mentioned someone taking 'a burst at the feds', slang for shooting at police officers.



There was another message sent a day after the incident from Ikumelo, to Miles, the shooter, saying 'if you have a picture of the whistle (gun) delete them all now.'

'Today's result is the culmination of a great deal of hard work by Trident which has lead to the conviction of three dangerous offenders'

- Detective Inspector Neil Bradburn



In 2010 Miles and Ikumelo were given suspended sentences for affray after two fighting dogs were let loose in a train carriage packed with commuters at Stamford Hill station following a fight between rival gangs.



Detective Inspector Neil Bradburn, from Trident North East Shootings Team, said: 'Today's result is the culmination of a great deal of hard work by Trident which has lead to the conviction of three dangerous offenders.



'More than 1,000 London gang members are now either locked up or subject to legal restrictions as a result of activity by the Met's Trident Gang Crime Command.

