A woman who admitted helping to provide false alibis for two men who murdered a 19-year-old law student in a drive-by shooting has been jailed.
Aya Hachem was walking to a shop to buy food for her family in Blackburn, Lancashire, when she was caught in a crossfire and shot dead.Cally Bainbridge, who admitted taking the men's phones out of the area, was jailed for 23 months.Ms Hachem was mistakenly killed in the shooting which was the culmination of a feud between two tyre firm owners in the town on 17 May 2020.
After the shooting Bainbridge drove to Bolton to meet Raja and Ennis to collect their phones, Lancashire Police said.Aya Hachem was on her way to the shops to buy food for her family when she was shot dead She then drove back to Manchester and switched the phones on to create the false impression the pair were not in Blackburn at the time of Ms Hachem's shooting.
Ennis' phone was turned on in Partington, where he lived and Bainbridge then drove to Sale where she turned on Raja's phone.