A GUNMAN who shot a rival gang member in the head smirked as he was jailed.
Cameron Cashin was convicted of the murder of Malakai McKenzie yesterday.
Mr McKenzie, 19, died after he was shot outside the Hubb pub in Hucknall Road, Sherwood, in April last year.
As a judge sentenced Cashin to a minimum of 34 years in prison he turned to his victim's family and smirked.
Angry scenes then erupted at Nottingham Crown Court, with friends and family of Mr McKenzie telling Cashin to "rot in hell".
Mr McKenzie's eldest brother Camaron said he was "ecstatic" about the sentence.Have a look at our gallery of pictures here.WATCH: Malakai's cousin talks outside court
Giving his reaction to the verdicts outside court, he added: "I'm speechless. I can't find the words right now.
"I just want to walk through town and enjoy it. I'm going to the cemetery to see my brother."
He refuted claims Mr McKenzie, of Whitemoor, had been part of a gang, saying he had ambitions to be a football coach.
The court had earlier heard Mr McKenzie, who was one of seven siblings, was shot while sitting in the back of a car at around 3.25am on April 21 last year.
It was the third time in three months he had been shot at.WATCH: Tribute video posted on the RIP Malakai McKenzie Facebook page. WARNING: Contains some explicit language.
Gunman Cashin, who was the leader of a rival gang, shot Mr McKenzie in the head after a feud.
He was also convicted of three charges of attempted murder.
Mr Justice Royce told Cashin, 21, of Liddington Street, Basford, there was a "significant degree of planning and premeditation" and he had no mitigation, apart from his age.
"Malakai and the others were young also. You snuffed out his life without a care and you attempted to snuff out the lives of the other three in that car."
And he said it was a "cynical, heartless and wicked assassination".
After the case, Steve Chappell, chief prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service East Midlands, said: "Offences of this nature are of the utmost seriousness, leaving families devastated and communities in fear for their safety."
