Blakenall street shooting witness is cousin of man involved in Walsall Market murder case
A man who was injured during a shooting in a Walsall street told a jury he is the cousin of a man involved in the killing of Bailey Atkinson two years ago.
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Bradley Sladyszyn was sitting in the passenger seat inside Connor Brookes' van in Well Lane, in Blakenall, Walsall, at 5pm on July 8 last year, when it was fired on from a Ford Focus which had pulled up alongside. Mr Brookes, of Hunter Crescent, Harden, was struck in the head by a bullet and died at the scene.
Mr Sladyszyn suffered a wound to his left shoulder during the incident when he was struck by bullet fragments and recovered following treatment.
Giving evidence in the witness box at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Monday (March 17), Mr Sladyszyn said: "I blacked out for a few seconds. I was down on the floor of the van. The next thing I remember was hearing the wheel spinning."
He told the court that when he came to he noticed that his "mate" Mr Brookes was gone.
"He was still in the drivers' seat. He was slumped forward.
