Kazeem Kolawole was caged for life in 2012 after being found guilty of a gang-related shooting which left five-year-old Thusha Kamaleswaran fighting for her life.
Thusha became Britain's youngest gun crime victim after being shot as she played in her aunt and uncle's shop, Stockwell Food and Wine shop in south London, in March 2011.
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| Writing in prison magazine Inside Time, Kalawole said not being able to visits jailbird pals in their cells in HMP Long Lartin was causing both him and them 'stress' |
Kolawole has now complained about his life at high security HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire, describing staff as 'bullies' and complaining that he has been labelled as a 'trouble-maker'.
A gangster serving life for shooting a five-year-old girl as she played in a shop has moaned of being 'bullied' by prison staff - who won't let him visit pals in their cells.
Kazeem Kolawole was caged for life in 2012 after being found guilty of a gang-related shooting which left five-year-old Thusha Kamaleswaran fighting for her life.
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| Kazeem Kolawole, was caged for life in 2012 after being found guilty of a gang-related shooting which left five-year-old Thusha Kamaleswaran fighting for her life |
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| Five-year-old Thusha Kamaleswaran |
Thusha became Britain's youngest gun crime victim after being shot as she played in her aunt and uncle's shop, Stockwell Food and Wine shop in south London, in March 2011.
Kolawole has now complained about his life at high security HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire, describing staff as 'bullies' and complaining that he has been labelled as a 'trouble-maker'.
He said: 'Over the past five years during which I have been incarcerated I have noticed a recurring theme that is causing me great concern.
'When inmates are on Basic IEP, staff enforce a draconian, pedantic and unhealthy rule which stipulates that no (other) inmates can approach such an inmate's cell.
'This is extremely unhealthy and detrimental to a person's mental health. Basic, as we all known, can have an adverse effect on an inmate's mental health.
'Seeing as how we inmates live amongst each other, we automatically establish relationships.
'Naturally, we are obliged to check on each other's welfare and I feel that this should be endorsed by staff instead of them threatening us with IEPs and adjudication solely for checking on the welfare of friends.
'This policy is only designed to alienate and ostracise the Basic prisoner from his peers. As someone who cares about his fellow prisoners, I am always concerned about others' welfare.
'I therefore feel that checking in with those prisoners being held on Basic should be encouraged and even rewarded.
'It we approach Basic prisoners we should not be threatened, bullied or labelled as trouble-makers. Let's say no to victimisation.'
Little Thusha was left paralysed after being shot in the chest as she skipped up and down the aisles of shop, which jurors watched on CCTV.
The Old Bailey heard in 2012 how Kolawole, now 23, and two other gang members, Nathaniel Grant and Anthony McCalla, stormed into the store looking to shoot a rival gang member.
The three men, members of the Brixton-based OC gang, were hunting for Roshaun Bryan - a member of rival Stockwell gang ABM - when Grant opened fire.
CCTV shown to the jury showed Thusha skipping up a down the aisle just seconds before the gang rushed in after their intended victim.
Grant then opened fire and Thusha, from Hainault in northeast London, was caught in the crossfire and hit in the chest.
The bullet shattered the seventh vertebra of her spine, sending her into cardiac arrest, and she was hospitalised for more than a year and confined to a wheelchair.
She has since regained the feeling in her legs after undergoing intensive physiotherapy.
During the trail at the Old Bailey in 2012 all three men were found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to Thusha and innocent shopper Roshan Selvakumar, who was shot in the face, but survived.
They were also convicted of the attempted murder of their intended victim Roshaun Bryan and were jailed for life.
Grant, now 25, was ordered to serve a minimum of 17 years in jail and Kolawole and McCalla, now 24, a minimum of 14 years.
The Ministry of Justice said it does not comment on individual cases, but that privileges could be removed from prisoners.
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