Britain’s “youngest hitman” who had brutally killed a young mum for £200 nearly got away with the heinous crime as baffled police officers couldn’t believe he was a killer.
Santre Sanchez Gayle was just 15-years-old when he murdered Gulistan Subasi, 26, after callously pulling the trigger of a sawn-off shotgun at point blank range. The young mum tragically died on the eve of her son’s ninth birthday in March 2010 and had been making plans to marry her new partner in Turkey later that year.
Gayle, who had never killed a person before, wore a full body forensic suit to cover his tracks and his calm demeanour led police to believe they were dealing with a professional hitman. Criminologist David Wilson, who worked on the case, told The Sun Online: “The worst example of a gang I can think of is the Kensal Green Boys. There was a young man Called Santre Sanchez Gayle.”
He added: “Santre Sanchez Gayle was given a task of taking out a poor woman in another part of London. He was 15 years old. He wears a forensic suit, takes a taxi and go knocks on Gulistan Subasi mum’s door. Gulistan opens the door and he shoots her point blank range and kills her.”
After Gulistan was shot, she fell and died in the arms of her devastated mother. The 26-year-old, who lived in Turkey, had been visiting London at the time to see her nine-year-old son who was living with her ex-husband’s family. As the murder probe unfolded, detectives discovered the horror had been captured on CCTV. Detective Chief Inspector, Jackie Sebire, was stunned their killer was a schoolboy after reviewing the footage.
She told BBC: “When we saw the CCTV we all thought it was a professional hitman. There was no hesitation and he shows no nerves. It did not look like a 15-year-old boy.”
Gayle was jailed for life and must serve a minimum of 20 years. Meanwhile it was later revealed Gayle’s half-brother Lloywen Carty is currently serving a minimum of 30 years for the murder of 27-year-old Lee Subaran at the Notting Hill Carnival.
