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Two men jailed for shooting man dead after argument in McDonald's


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This has to be the costliest McDonalds breakfast ever 1 guy dead two others serving life.

I'd rather take an 'L' and still have my freedom than facing the next in that yutes case 18 yrs with no p*ssy,no freedom just growing old and dusty in a cell. To come out as what?

Dumb,Wasteful motherf*ckers man. Shooting people over a lack of "respect"

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Two men have been given life sentences for shooting a stranger dead after a row in a queue at McDonald's.

Horace Campbell, 28, and Liam Douglas-O'Callaghan, 18, were found guilty of murdering Devon Scarlett, 32, after a minor argument led within half an hour to the death of the father of four.

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The Old Bailey judge Richard Hawkins jailed Campbell for life with a minimum term of 32 years. Douglas-O'Callaghan was ordered to be detained for a minimum term of 18 years. Scarlett and Campbell got into an early morning spat involving others at the fast food restaurant in Brixton, south London, in April 2010. They were escorted outside by security guards but the row carried on and the two strangers agreed to meet in a nearby street for a shootout, said Bobbie Cheema, prosecuting.

Campbell called Douglas-O'Callaghan to bring his "thing", or gun, a retrial was told. Scarlett appeared to make a similar call but no actual call was made.

Cheema said: "Horace Campbell was determined to avenge the perceived lack of respect that Devon Scarlett showed him. Devon Scarlett acted with foolish bravado, behaving like a tough guy, but whatever he said and did, he was not armed." Campbell, who had been drinking, followed Scarlett into Marcus Garvey Way and fired three shots, two of them hitting the victim. Campbell said: "You are not so hot now," before walking away. Scarlett, of Croydon, who was born Raymond Mitchell, died a few hours later in hospital.

Campbell, of Anerley, and Douglas-O'Callaghan, of Tulse Hill, both in south London, denied murder.

The court heard that Scarlett had become involved in "someone else's argument" in McDonald's at around 6.30am on 17 April. Outside, Scarlett was heard saying he had been shown disrespect, and Campbell said Scarlett was "going to be shot in the head". When people tried to intervene, Campbell told them Scarlett had been "too disrespectful and was going to be shot in the head" and would be "filled up with lead". A woman had heard them agreeing to meet in the nearby street, "effectively for a shootout", jurors were told. Detective Inspector Henry Lindsley said: "Unbelievably, Devon Scarlett's murder was triggered by the most minor of incidents that Horace Campbell chose to involve himself in.

"His arrogance and obvious disregard for life is evident when, even after Mr Scarlett walked away from him, he continued spoiling for a fight."

People like this need to learn how to use their fists again. At least you'd have more chance of getting up afterwards and of avoiding serving serious time. Of course the guys carrying guns and knifes would have more chance of getting knocked the f*ck out as well.

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I've seen sh*t get extra political in that McDonalds. This is f*cked up though.

Pride is a deadly sin for a reason though!

f*ck letting man send for anything/anyone though. From now on I will take any such threats a lot more seriously, I'm not gonna let anyone who has chatted that sort of sh*t get out of my sight/on a phone. Would rather pre-empt the ting, wrap them up for their phone/ID and bounce.

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