Ex-Millwall striker Gavin Grant given life for gangland murder of Leon Labastide in Brent (From Harrow Times)

Ex-Millwall striker Gavin Grant given life for gangland murder of Leon Labastide in Brent (From Harrow Times): "PROFESSIONAL footballer from Kenton who shot dead a gang rival in Brent has been jailed for life. Gavin Grant, 26, gunned down former friend Leon Labastide outside his mother's house on the Stonebridge Estate in May 2004. Grant, of Shrewsbury Avenue, continued his promising football career after the shooting, playing for Millwall, Gillingham, and as recently as May turning out for Bradford City. But a jury at the Old Bailey decided last week Grant and Birmingham resident Gareth Downie, 25, had been contracted to carry out the killing...

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Wembley and Kingsbury Times - Harlesden: Footballer faces life sentence for 'Playboy' murder

Wembley and Kingsbury Times - Harlesden: Footballer faces life sentence for 'Playboy' murder: "footballer who shot dead his childhood friend during a gangland feud on an estate is facing a life sentence.Former Millwall striker Gavin Grant, 25, executed 21 year-old Leon Labastide for showing 'disrespect', initially was sparked, detectives believe, by a trivial motorcycle accident on the Stonebridge Estate. Grant was arrested at the time of the 2004 killing but was not charged until Britain's first black-on-black supergrass agreed to help police in return for a cut in his sentenc...

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