Jordan Bari: Two Islington men among trio cleared of killing talented martial arts fighter
Jordan Bari - Credit: Lisa Bari
Two Islington men and a third from east London have been acquitted of killing a talented martial artist.
An Old Bailey jury found Abdallah Salaheedin, 29, formerly of Spring Gardens, Highbury, now of Blackboy Lane, Tottenham; and Bobby Lawrence, 21, of Canonbury Street, Canonbury, not guilty of the manslaughter of Jordan Bari and of possession of a firearm with intent.
Billy Flynn, 24, of Laburnum Walk, Hornchurch, was also acquitted of the same charges.
Twenty-year-old Jordan, from Stratford’s East Village, was shot dead while answering the door of a flat in William Rathbone House, Bethnal Green, on October 3.
A talented Tang Soo Do fighter, he had trained for many years at the London Black Belt Academy at Newham Leisure Centre.
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At the time of his death he had recently finished a Level 3 BTEC course in sport at Barking and Dagenham College and was working six days a week at the Captain’s Table, a fish and chip shop in Poplar.
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