Gunmen opened fire on two family homes in Coventry

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Cadel Cumberbatch and Rakesh Jassal have been sentenced at Warwick Crown Court



Violent gunmen who opened fire on two separate homes in Coventry have been jailed for more than 20 years. Cadel Cumberbatch and Rakesh Jassal were also behind a nasty carjacking that left a victim with numerous head injuries.

In the first incident, on November 13, 2021, Cumberbatch, now 23, and Jassal, now 24, were spotted in a car from which shots were fired at a house in Anglian Way, Stoke Aldermoor. They were in a pair of Vauxhall Astras that pulled up outside the house.

The car horns were sounded a number of times. When no one came out of the house, shots were fired, breaking a window.

A day later, the two arrived at a separate address in Station Street East, Foleshill, firing a shotgun at an outbuilding in which cannabis was being stored. As they fled, one of them was seen turning back toward the house to fire a third shot which broke a living room window.

Thankfully, no one was injured in either incident, despite both being family homes. Cumberbatch and Jassal also carjacked and assaulted a man they knew in Duke Barn Field, Upper Stoke.

Shortly afterwards they were identified and arrested by investigating officers who were able to build a case against them. Both denied two firearms charges and one of robbery, but were convicted by a jury.

They were sentenced at Warwick Crown Court on Monday, February 5. Cumberbatch was jailed for 13 years while Jassal was given nine years and eight months.

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