Daily Mail
January 12, 2015
A kebab shop worker shot eight times at an undercover detective who tried to arrest him during a gun attack on a north London pool hall.
Sedat Meric fired three rounds into the pool bar in a revenge attack when he was approached by the undercover detective from the National Crime Agency.
Meric, 25, turned to the officer, raised his semi-automatic hand gun, and fired at the detective.
The chilling incident was captured on CCTV. The footage shows Meric, who was wearing a balaclava and hoodie open fire into the West Green Road Pool Bar in Haringey, north London.
A second camera shows the detective approaching and Meric opening fire before running onto Carlingford Road. He continued shooting at the officer, who was forced to seek cover behind a car on the opposite side of the road.
Meric fired seven rounds at the officer, who despite being under heavy fire, continued to advance on the attacker.
Several witnesses can be seen running for their lives.
The officer, known only as NC32 was praised by an Old Bailey judge for his ‘courage and resolve’ for the manner in which he risked his life pursuing Meric.
Meric only surrendered when he ran out of bullets.
The 25-year-old and his accomplice Oktay Ayanoglu were found guilty of possessing a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life on May 23 last year following a trial at the Old Bailey.
Meric, who worked in a family-run kebab shop, was jailed for 15 years while Ayanoglu, 22, was handed a 12-year prison sentence.
Judge Michael Topolski said it was ‘miraculous’ no-one was injured in the pre-meditated attack on the pool bar.
Commending the National Crime Agency officer NC32, the judge said: ‘He displayed all that is most creditable of police officers on whom we trust to put their own safety on the back seat for the protection of all the public.