Man found guilty of attempting to murder teen
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A man has been convicted of the attempted murder of a teenager after shooting him in the head on a street in Sheffield, while a woman who helped him evade capture has also been found guilty. Tanzir Ali, 27, was convicted at Sheffield Crown Court on Wednesday, and Sharna Osborne, 24, was found guilty a day later of assisting an offender, a charge she had denied; the case had previously heard CCTV evidence that captured the shooting and undermined Ali's claim that the gun went off accidentally.
The attack happened on London Road in Sheffield at around 17:15 GMT on 24 November last year, leaving the 16-year-old victim with life-changing injuries. Ali fled to Aberdeen afterwards and was arrested there alongside Osborne, who had booked them a hotel room using false details. Ali had already admitted possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, and both defendants have been remanded in custody ahead of sentencing on 18 November. A senior investigating officer said the victim's family had endured an agonising wait at his bedside, not knowing if he would survive.
- Tanzir Ali convicted of attempted murder over Sheffield shooting of teenager
- Sharna Osborne found guilty of helping him evade arrest in Aberdeen
- Both remanded in custody, due to be sentenced on 18 November
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Ali was found guilty of trying to murder a teenager by shooting him in the head in a busy Sheffield street last November, an attack that left the victim, then 16, with life-changing injuries. His conviction followed CCTV footage that contradicted his account that the shooting was accidental. Osborne was separately convicted of helping him escape justice after he fled the scene.
The pair were arrested together in Aberdeen, having travelled there after the shooting; Osborne had booked their hotel room under false details. Ali had earlier admitted a separate firearms offence linked to the incident, and both are now in custody awaiting sentencing.
Cases like this typically raise questions about street violence involving weapons, the impact of gun crime on young victims, and how the justice system deals with those who assist offenders after a serious crime.
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A 27-year-old man has been convicted of attempting to murder a teenage boy after shooting him in the head on a street in Sheffield. Tanzir Ali, of Glencoe Road, was found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court following a trial that heard how the 16-year-old victim was left with life-changing injuries after being shot in London Road at around 5.15pm on 24 November last year. Ali had already admitted a separate charge of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, and will be sentenced alongside a co-defendant in November.
The court heard that after the shooting Ali travelled roughly 300 miles north to Aberdeen, where he was subsequently arrested together with 24-year-old Sharna Osborne, of Duthie Terrace. Osborne had reportedly used false details to book a hotel room for the pair while they were on the run. She stood trial accused of assisting an offender, a charge she contested, and jurors returned a guilty verdict against her a day after convicting Ali. Both defendants have been remanded in custody and are due to be sentenced together on 18 November.
Central to the case was CCTV footage that investigators described as crucial in securing both convictions. The recordings reportedly traced Ali's movements before, during and after the attack, showing him among a group of people involved in a confrontation with the teenager, then drawing a firearm from his pocket. The footage is said to have captured the moment the gun was discharged and the boy collapsing to the ground, before Ali pocketed the weapon and left the scene. In his defence, Ali had argued that the trigger had not been pulled deliberately and that he had been unaware the weapon was loaded, but the jury was evidently not persuaded by this account once the footage was presented.
Detectives leading the investigation spoke of the lasting impact of the attack on the victim and his relatives, noting that the family had faced an agonising wait at the boy's hospital bedside not knowing whether he would survive his injuries. Police also criticised Ali's decision to flee the area in the aftermath, framing it as an attempt to evade justice with Osborne's help. It is worth noting that beyond this reporting, no further independent account of the case was available for comparison, so this summary draws on a single source.
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Only one usable source report was available; the second cited source consisted solely of a Google cookie-consent page with no article content, so no meaningful cross-outlet comparison of emphasis or detail could be made.
Within the single available report, the account relies heavily on statements attributed to South Yorkshire Police and the senior investigating officer, alongside details said to have been heard in court, rather than independently verified reporting of the CCTV evidence itself.
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