Killer who claimed he shot Tyler McDermott twice in the face ‘by accident’ is convicted of murder

A killer who shot a teenager in the face – then claimed he pulled the trigger by accident twice has been convicted of murder. Tyrese Barnett, 20, blasted Tyler McDermott, 17, known as ‘Trizzie’, at point-blank range outside The Pirate Studio on Norman Road, Tottenham, on 13 April last year. Leo Reid, 20, then stabbed Mr McDermott in the hip with a machete causing a 21cm wound as he lay dying on the ground. Barnett tried to shoot Mr McDermott’s…