Miraculous escape of shooting victim

A shooting victim was ‘extremely lucky to be alive’ after he was blasted through the neck by a would-be assassin, a court heard. Reece Burton, 29, allegedly gunned down 28-year-old Aaron Charles in Birch Grove, Leyton, east London, on 17 June. The bullet went through the back of Mr Charles’ neck but he miraculously survived, jurors heard. Burton was spotted with Kenneth Busumbru, 24, lurking outside Mr Charles’ mother’s house on bikes by a police officer shortly before midday, the…