Teenager Tanesha Melbourne-Blake’s murder was a ‘continuation of a catalogue of violence’

A 17-year-old-girl was shot dead in a drive-by murder carried out in revenge for the livestreamed humiliation of a gang member, a court heard. Marcus La Coix, 38, had been filmed as he was beaten up in front of his girlfriend, the Old Bailey heard. His gang associate Michael Clarke, 36, was so incensed he went on a ‘ride out’ in his rival’s territory in Tottenham, north London with a self-loading gun. Tanesha Melbourne-Blake was shot from the car -…

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