Cop opens fire on ‘clown’ gunman

A police driver fired four shots through his windscreen at a gunman in a clown mask during a terrifying chase likened to a classic Hollywood heist movie. Gang members Lekan Akinsoji, 20, Darnell Joseph-Newill, 21, Nathaniel Lewis, 23, and Troy Ifill, 22, were chased for a mile through Leytonstone, east London. They were on a ‘ride out’ through rival gang territory in a stolen BMW fitted with false plates when the officers gave chase, the Old Bailey heard. ‘During the…