‘Callous’ killer jailed for shooting dead Ramane Wiggan, 25, at south London flat block

Kaine Gilead murdered Mr Wiggan after ‘luring’ him to a balcony at a block of flats
Murder victim Ramane Wiggan
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A “brutal and callous” killer who shot a man at point-blank range at a south London block of flats has been jailed for 34 years.

Kaine Gilead shot Ramane Wiggan, 25, from behind with a Glock pistol after “luring” him to a balcony at the flats in West Norwood, in March 2019.

Mr Wiggan, who had travelled there to collect a drugs debt of £10,000, was later declared dead at the scene by paramedics.

Kaine Gilead
Met Police

Gilead, now 26, of Grove Road, Surbiton, south London, was found guilty of his murder following a fourth trial in the case at the Old Bailey last month.

Mr Wiggan’s mother gasped in court as the jury delivered its verdict, and told her son’s killer: “You are a murderer and finally I have justice.”

Sentencing Gilead on Thursday, Judge Michael Topolski QC said he had committed a “brutal and callous” murder which would “haunt Ramane’s mother, family, friends, for many years”.

Judge Topolski previously praised Mr Wiggan’s mother, who had sat through four trials, saying: “There were two other attempts to get the case to a jury for verdict. That did not happen.

“There was a trial at the back end of last year which resulted in a jury not being able to reach a decision.

“The court has been constantly impressed with her calm dignity, again having to relive the horrifying details of her son’s death, not just once but relive it time and time again.”

Speaking outside of court, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Kieran, who worked on the investigation, said: “The evidence we collected against Gilead was overwhelming and showed him to have played a key part in the deliberate, planned and cold-blooded murder of Ramane.

“This case is also a tragic reminder of the misery drugs cause within communities and demonstrates how they can often act as a catalyst to more serious crimes.”

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