Leeds boxing coach denies murder over gang killing

By Mark Lavery
Published 12th Nov 2019, 17:20 BST
Updated 12th Nov 2019, 19:39 BST
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A boxing coach denies murder over the doorstep gang related revenge shooting of Christopher Lewis in Chapeltown.

Denzil Brown Senior - who was coaching his son Denzil Browne Junior to be a professional boxer - is standing trial at Leeds Crown Court over Mr Lewis's death outside his home on Reginald Street on August 1 last year.

A Leeds Court jury was told gunman Steven Grey and Jonathan Gledhill - who acted as a "stalker" - were convicted of murdering Mr Lewis following a trial in July because he was a member of a rival drug dealing gang called the Flock.

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Three others - Denzil Browne Junior, Owen Clarke and Lewis Pearce - were found guilty of assisting an offender following the July trial.

The scene on Reginald Street in Chapeltown after Christopher Lewis was shot deadThe scene on Reginald Street in Chapeltown after Christopher Lewis was shot dead
The scene on Reginald Street in Chapeltown after Christopher Lewis was shot dead

Pearce 27, of no fixed address, Browne, 23, of Oaklands Crescent, Gipton, and Clarke, 26, of Haw Avenue, Yeadon, helped the killers get away from the Chapeltown area afterwards.

Grey, aged 38, of Town Street, Armley, fired the fatal shot before he and 38-year-old Gledhill, of Dib Lane, Roundhay, ran away for around five minutes.

Denzil Brown Senior, of Parkfield Court, Morley, is standing trail alone. He denies murder.